The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 8:21PM CDT
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Remember back last month when we reported that Transformers Animated was headed to the Hub? It made it's debut yesterday and came with a pleasant surprise, it's being aired in HD and in it's original widescreen format! Rather than repeating everything Seibertron.com member Sabrblade had to say when he originally reported the news earlier today, here's his write up from the Energon Pub:
Images courtesy of the Allspark's RCX.
Images courtesy of the Allspark's RCX.
Remember when we heard that the Transformers Animated cartoon would be coming to the Hub on July 9th, 2012? Well, yesterday was July 9th and Transformers Animated did indeed make its world premiere on the Hub! But that's not all. What's different this time is that, according to a post by RCX on The Allspark Forums, the Hub is broadcasting each episode in its original widescreen format on their HD channel!
This is the first time that the actual episodes have been officially presented in their original, uncropped, widescreen video format in any fashion. When they aired back on Cartoon Network, the video masters had been cropped to a full screen format, which is also what the DVDs used. Even when released in the Japan, the Japanese dub used the cropped full screen masters with some added background borders to "fill in" the missing widescreen space.
And now, for the first time ever, we are able to properly view the Transformers animated Cartoon in its original, unaltered, widescreen format with everything in full view, and in HD to boot! Here are some comparison screenshots courtesy of The Allspark.
Uncropped widescreen format from the Hub
Cropped full screen format from CN/DVDs
Credit(s): Sabrblade, The Allspark's RCX
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Re: The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format (1399094)
Posted by King Slick on July 10th, 2012 @ 8:36pm CDT
Posted by King Slick on July 10th, 2012 @ 8:36pm CDT
That would explain why Netflix will be adding Transformers: Animated soon as well. It would appear that the deal between Hasbro and Netflix was a huge one (now if only they would hurry up on finishing Season 2 of Prime and Rescue Bots)
On a side note: I can't help feeling that Rescue Bots could be simmiler to Super Hero Squad (which BTW is already on Netflix)
On a side note: I can't help feeling that Rescue Bots could be simmiler to Super Hero Squad (which BTW is already on Netflix)
Re: The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format (1399097)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 10th, 2012 @ 8:47pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 10th, 2012 @ 8:47pm CDT
Couldn't be further from the truth. Rescue Bots is a well made, strongly entertaining series. The Super Hero Squad Show, however, is a mind-numbingly bad joke.King Slick wrote:On a side note: I can't help feeling that Rescue Bots could be simmiler to Super Hero Squad (which BTW is already on Netflix)
Re: The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format (1399099)
Posted by mattwhite924 on July 10th, 2012 @ 8:55pm CDT
Posted by mattwhite924 on July 10th, 2012 @ 8:55pm CDT
For the love of God, Hasbro, give us a blu ray release of this. I will pay any amount of money for this. Just give it to me.
Re: The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format (1399102)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on July 10th, 2012 @ 9:09pm CDT
Agreed, the similarities are non-existent. The only bad thing about Rescue Bots is the occasional boredom. Super Hero Squad's formula is to be as intentionally stupid as possible, throw in one Easter Egg per episode to keep older fans interested, and pray something funny happens. Also, the 4 Rescue Bots are all new characters, not SD versions of icons forced to give up their dignity for no discernible reason.
I'd also love to see TFA released in widescreen on DVD and BluRay, but is it possible Time Warner could mess up the video rights? What was the "bad blood" between CN and Hasbro about anyway? I apparently wasn't plugged into the rumor mill around the time the axe fell.
Posted by Bumblevivisector on July 10th, 2012 @ 9:09pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Couldn't be further from the truth. Rescue Bots is a well made, strongly entertaining series. The Super Hero Squad Show, however, is a mind-numbingly bad joke.King Slick wrote:On a side note: I can't help feeling that Rescue Bots could be simmiler to Super Hero Squad (which BTW is already on Netflix)
Agreed, the similarities are non-existent. The only bad thing about Rescue Bots is the occasional boredom. Super Hero Squad's formula is to be as intentionally stupid as possible, throw in one Easter Egg per episode to keep older fans interested, and pray something funny happens. Also, the 4 Rescue Bots are all new characters, not SD versions of icons forced to give up their dignity for no discernible reason.
I'd also love to see TFA released in widescreen on DVD and BluRay, but is it possible Time Warner could mess up the video rights? What was the "bad blood" between CN and Hasbro about anyway? I apparently wasn't plugged into the rumor mill around the time the axe fell.
Re: The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format (1399210)
Posted by prowl123 on July 11th, 2012 @ 8:34am CDT
Posted by prowl123 on July 11th, 2012 @ 8:34am CDT
I still want Animated Season 3 on DVD. Is that out yet?
Re: The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format (1399268)
Posted by Downbeat on July 11th, 2012 @ 12:22pm CDT
Tell that to people who like Blades.
Posted by Downbeat on July 11th, 2012 @ 12:22pm CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote: Also, the 4 Rescue Bots are all new characters, not SD versions of icons forced to give up their dignity for no discernible reason.
Tell that to people who like Blades.
Re: The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format (1399374)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 11th, 2012 @ 8:59pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 11th, 2012 @ 8:59pm CDT
G1 Blades =/= RB Blades. In fact, I'd be willing to even say that RB Blades is a much better character than G1 Blades.Downbeat wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote: Also, the 4 Rescue Bots are all new characters, not SD versions of icons forced to give up their dignity for no discernible reason.
Tell that to people who like Blades.
Re: The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format (1399488)
Posted by Autobot Megatron on July 12th, 2012 @ 1:27am CDT
Posted by Autobot Megatron on July 12th, 2012 @ 1:27am CDT
Knew there was something different when I watched it! Just couldn't place it.
Re: The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format (1399727)
Posted by Downbeat on July 12th, 2012 @ 2:36pm CDT
I completely disagree.
Extremely happy about HD Widescreen Animated.
Posted by Downbeat on July 12th, 2012 @ 2:36pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:G1 Blades =/= RB Blades. In fact, I'd be willing to even say that RB Blades is a much better character than G1 Blades.Downbeat wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote: Also, the 4 Rescue Bots are all new characters, not SD versions of icons forced to give up their dignity for no discernible reason.
Tell that to people who like Blades.
I completely disagree.
Extremely happy about HD Widescreen Animated.
Re: The Hub is Airing Transformers Animated in HD Widescreen Format (1399796)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 12th, 2012 @ 4:55pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 12th, 2012 @ 4:55pm CDT
What did G1 Blades ever do that made him a great character? RB Blades seems to be the most beloved character on the show.Downbeat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:G1 Blades =/= RB Blades. In fact, I'd be willing to even say that RB Blades is a much better character than G1 Blades.Downbeat wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote: Also, the 4 Rescue Bots are all new characters, not SD versions of icons forced to give up their dignity for no discernible reason.
Tell that to people who like Blades.
I completely disagree.
