Alfred Hitchcock

[Tom Amolad]

I just tried the "preview version" (not the right name, apparently, but that's the least of the problems) of Strangers on a Train for the first time, on the Warner Blu-Ray and was disappointed to discover that, unless I'm being technologically inept, it's only given in widescreen, with the top and bottom cut off. Am I just failing to manipulate my remote correctly, or do others find the same problem with it?

[EddieLarkin]

There's a quirk with some 4K players and 4K TVs that forces any 4x3 SD content to 16x9. What devices are you using?

[Tom Amolad]

That might be it. I believe I read that it’s encoded on the disc as SD.

It’s a Sony Blu-ray player. Is there a fix? (Or do I just have to use a computer?)

[EddieLarkin]

Try hitting Option during playback and switching to Direct. Or there may be an Output Video Resolution in the main settings menu, try changing that to SD if you can, or Source Direct if there is one.

[DeprongMori]

That might be it. I believe I read that it’s encoded on the disc as SD.

It’s a Sony Blu-ray player. Is there a fix? (Or do I just have to use a computer?)

We had a Sony Blu-ray player that we were never able to keep from stretching the “Thin Man” DVD images no matter what settings we tried adjusting. (Most other discs worked fine for 4:3 display.) Not sure whether it’s aSony incompatibility with settings on WarnerBros. SD content.

[Tom Amolad]

Thanks -- I got it fixed.

[Stefan Andersson]

Essay on the class struggle in Hitchcock´s films:
https://monthlyreview.org/2011/12/01/al ... -struggle/