From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   Jim Ellwanger  writes:   
      
   >In article ,   
   > nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
      
   >> 	On reflection, the 'pillarboxing' is probably to hide Rob   
   >> Smigel's existence.   
      
   >Looked to me like they deliberately shot in 4:3 mode in the first place,   
   >rather than adding the side bars later.   
      
   	Might be.  Although that still leaves the question: why the   
   change in ratio?  The most logical guesses I would make would be that   
   the main camera broke at some part of the con and they went with the   
   next-best thing (I have no idea if that footage was in HD, or in a   
   mere mortal format), or that there wasn't any way to keep Rob Smigel's   
   body from being a large distraction while Triumph was calling someone   
   a smelly virgin, and it was easiest to block him out.   
      
      
   >On the other hand, the clip from Steve Schirippa's show was stretched   
   >out to 16:9 in a very strange manner (it was still slightly letterboxed).   
      
   	Oh, yeah, I did notice that.  My guess there is whatever   
   machine they had showing the clip suffered the same problem that my   
   portable DVD player has, namely, an inability to believe in the   
   existence of anything having 4:3 dimensions and therefore stretching   
   it to fit.   
      
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