TV: Seinfeld will be on Netflix

[Power Man]

But in 2021....

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[GhostfaceWu]

Hello Jerry.
Hello New..........exflix.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Giddy Up!

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Office out, Seinfeld in.

Well played Netflix.

 

[John Price]

BIG STEIN WANTS AN EGGPLANT CALZONE

 

[Deadpool8812]

Netflix will be throwing a lot of money around now that they are losing everything Disney and Fox and...all the rest

 

[Rebels57]

This is great news! Now pick up the rights to Buffy the Vampire Slayer as well.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Yeah those heavily syndicated comedy series like Seinfeld, The Office, and Friends are killer. Just so much replay value that a lot of different people can get out of those.

 

[JianYang]

Great addition.

It's gonna suck to see the office gone though. Dwight schrute is a beauty.

 

[ottawa]

Netflix canada?

 

[the squared circle]

Netflix canada?

The tweet above says worldwide. Good question though, because Netflix Canada is garbage. I was in the States in the summer, and the difference is like night and day.

 

[Supermassive]

The widescreen cut episodes that hit syndication in the past couple years are amazing. It’s like the show was filmed this decade. Aside from the awesome 90s wardrobe.

 

[Zeppo]

The widescreen cut episodes that hit syndication in the past couple years are amazing. It’s like the show was filmed this decade. Aside from the awesome 90s wardrobe.

Really? I'm still on the old DVDs because of the poor transfer to widescreen. I get that the picture quality is a lot better, obviously, but I wish they'd just upgrade that and keep the original format instead of butchering the image for widescreen. That said, I haven't actually seen Seinfeld in widescreen, I'm just going by this video and the similarly poor transfers of other shows.



It annoys the hell out of me, but I'm apparently in a very confused minority.

 

[reckoning]

The show was intended to be shown at 4:3. The widescreen doesn't really add anything meaningful to it.

A lot of the dvds I bought of tv series years ago seems like wasted money today considering what's available on streaming services. But the Seinfeld ones had lots of commentaries, features and easter eggs to make the sets worth keeping.

 

[Supermassive]

Really? I'm still on the old DVDs because of the poor transfer to widescreen. I get that the picture quality is a lot better, obviously, but I wish they'd just upgrade that and keep the original format instead of butchering the image for widescreen. That said, I haven't actually seen Seinfeld in widescreen, I'm just going by this video and the similarly poor transfers of other shows.



It annoys the hell out of me, but I'm apparently in a very confused minority.

I own the series in a 4:3 leather book edition which I cherish, but I find that the increase in definition and the improvement in most zoomed out scenes more than makes up for the claustrophobic effect in some zoomed-in scenes. Most of those are hallway scenes that are, well, claustrophobic to begin with.

What I do find funny is the assumption by film students that the public are unthinking consumers that simply want their screens full. The episodes often “breathe” much better in HD, and the colours pop beautifully due to the remastering. I would never replace my 4:3 copies with the new 16:9 versions, but I’d gladly supplement them.

If you want to see an outright destruction via 16:9 cropping, check out The Simpsons. Absolutely horrific.

 

[Ol' Jase]

Netflix canada?

Doesn’t really matter as it has been available on Crave for years.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Doesn’t really matter as it has been available on Crave for years.

yeah, but that ends in 2021 when it transfers to Netflix worldwide

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Didnt Hulu pay a bunch for this? So they are losing it in 2021?

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Didnt Hulu pay a bunch for this? So they are losing it in 2021?

Yup Netflix is paying 500 million.

 

[John Price]

Attention Steinbrenners!

Your triumphs mean nothing!

 

[End on a Hinote]

yeah, but that ends in 2021 when it transfers to Netflix worldwide

I always wondered about that. If some shows appear on multiple streaming services.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I always wondered about that. If some shows appear on multiple streaming services.

I believe as of right now Parks and Rec is on multiple, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime?

 

[John Price]

I believe as of right now Parks and Rec is on multiple, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime?

It was yanked off Netflix and moved to Peabody

Not sure about Amazon prime

 

[Deadpool8812]

I always wondered about that. If some shows appear on multiple streaming services.

Some do, some don't. I guess it depends

 

[Eisen]

I own the series in a 4:3 leather book edition which I cherish, but I find that the increase in definition and the improvement in most zoomed out scenes more than makes up for the claustrophobic effect in some zoomed-in scenes. Most of those are hallway scenes that are, well, claustrophobic to begin with.

What I do find funny is the assumption by film students that the public are unthinking consumers that simply want their screens full. The episodes often “breathe” much better in HD, and the colours pop beautifully due to the remastering. I would never replace my 4:3 copies with the new 16:9 versions, but I’d gladly supplement them.

If you want to see an outright destruction via 16:9 cropping, check out The Simpsons. Absolutely horrific.

I honestly never saw an improvement from abandoning 4:3.