Re:Netflix Responds to Crop Controversy
by gottagetmac on Friday July 26, 2013 @03:06PM
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This looked to me like they were trying to say "It's the studios' fault!" without pissing off the studios.
FWIW, I think the evidence that "it's the studio's fault!" is sufficient to consider it likely. In particular, when they had Starz, I was flabbergasted at the low quality of the Starz video; they were, at times, in SD. There is just no way that Netflix was proudly pushing that out of their own free will.
> In a statement to The Huffington Post, Netflix categorically denied that it intentionally cuts off portions of the picture for movies it streams, claiming that any altered aspect ratio is a mistake.
> "We want to offer the best picture and provide the original aspect ratio of any title on Netflix," Netflix spokesman Joris Evers said in an email. "However, unfortunately our quality controls sometimes fail and we end up offering the wrong version of a title. When we discover this error, we replace that title as soon as possible."
I'll be the first to say...huhh? I thought this was completely a situation of what arrangements Netflix had with the studios (perhaps to get a cheaper rate on deals)...but it turns out it was just a mistake that would've gone on if people hadn't made a good sized ruckus? Good for the Internet.