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DVDs & Films Forum - RE: Childs Play - Page 2
Competent
My VHS copy went on eBay a few months back and got around a tenner for it.
Surprised there are people out there still using those big black plastic bricks.
Johnboy
Elite
Am pretty sure childs play is out on R2. i could've sworn i saw all three in HMV, the 1st movie was the dearest, but am pretty sure i saw it for sale.
Hmmm maybe am wrong?!?!?!
You say psycho like its a bad thing
Competent
It's definitely not in HMV - there are 3 films out.
Child's Play 2, 3 and Bride of Chucky.
Just ordered my first region 1 DVD !
Worked out to be £4.27 with free delivery from the States from dvdsoon.com
I'm just hoping my region unlock code on my DVD player actually worked
Elite
It's Pan & Scam 1.33:1 
Overpriced, if you ask me.......
SN
Competent
What does 'Pan & Scam 1.33:1' mean?!?!
Elite
Ok this is the quick 'n' dirty answer...as I understand it 
Most films shot in a 'widescreen' type format i.e. wide & thin.
Most TVs used to be fairly square-ish.
So to fit the whole width on screen meant showing the film with big black bars top & bottom and a small thin picture - like looking through a lettbox at the film!
So to get around this, the film is transferred using a square-ish part of the middle of the film - this cuts off both edges of the film, but is OK when the action is centre-screen. If something is happening at the edges, the 'square' (your view) is panned to the left or right - like adjusting a monitor display! Sometimes, you'll only see, say, the actor on the right talking to the left (cause the actor on the left has been cut off).
Most bods avoid Pan & Scan (or Scam as it's known), because you lose about 1/3rd of the original film and the pan movements were not what the director intended.
1.33:1 is an aspect ratio (AR) - the ratio of the width of the screen to the height - in this case an old TV (not widescreen)ratio of 4:3. Common widescreen ratio is 16:9 or 1.77:1 and films can come in a variety of widescreen type ratios including letterbox and 2.35:1 etc.
Lots more info in the site FAQ.
(Don't shoot the messenger, guys - I know it's not perfect, but it's a start....)
SN
Elite
There is no widescreen version out of Child's Play on Region 1 or 2 which was originally filmed in 1.85 : 1.
There is however a widescreen DVD of Child's Play which is on region 4, and has the above mentioned ratio, and I have confirmed the aspect ratio with quite a few Region 4 websites just to be sure.
Happy hunting
floyd
Have you ever seen a grown man naked?
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