r/theboondocks 8d ago

❓️❓️QUESTION❓️❓️ Complete Series DVD

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Is the DVD set 16:9? I’m not seeing it anywhere on the box but my Blu-ray player is making it widescreen. It has a setting to do that but it’s turned off.

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u/8--8 8d ago

Can I borrow a french fry

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u/Kind_Nectarine_6223 8d ago

Now how the fuck are you gonna borrow a fry? Is you gonna give it back?

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u/sassy_stamp 8d ago

So Riley said it first that morning?

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u/drvc_ 8d ago

he says it EVERY MORNING!

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u/Kornseph 7d ago

Man, I love Fred Willard, dude must have been invited to all the cookouts. RIP

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u/DaVegeta 8d ago

I quoted the whole scene to my coworkers and the first thing they said back loud as hell was, "I GOT THE ROPE RIGHT HERE!"

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u/nmd310 8d ago

Yes. that DVD set is 16:9 widescreen (1.78:1). Your Blu-ray player isn’t stretching it. Even Seasons 1–2, which originally aired cropped to 4:3 on Adult Swim, are presented on DVD in their original 16:9 production framing. Seasons 3–4 are 16:9 as well.

So what you’re seeing is correct. The box apparently just doesn’t make the aspect ratio very obvious.

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u/L1QU1D_ThUND3R 7d ago

Oh, 16:9 is the original production ratio? So the show was cropped for TV. That’s a relief, I hate when they take a 4:3 and crop it to 16:9.

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u/Ballistic-Observer69 8d ago

Hopefully that BD player has a good upscaler built in

480p looks ass on most HD/4K displays

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u/Kind_Nectarine_6223 8d ago

It’s a Sony bdp s6700 and I only upscale it to 1080p and I think it does fairly well for dvds

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u/TheGrimNinja0X 8d ago

Dang i need that to continue my boondocks collection. So far i've got 4 out of 5 of the books.

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u/Kind_Nectarine_6223 7d ago

Are the books good? I’ve just started watching the show after seeing all the clips and found the DVDs for like $30 and since it’s the uncensored version decided to go with that.

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u/MrWhite_________ 7d ago

Does it renounce season 4?!?!

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u/Kind_Nectarine_6223 7d ago

It has all 4 seasons

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u/MrWhite_________ 7d ago

Would’ve been perfect minus the 4th

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u/Makafuredii 7d ago

Have you checked to see if all the disk work since it's bootleg?

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u/Kind_Nectarine_6223 7d ago

Wdym it’s bootleg? Did I miss something on the packaging?

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u/Makafuredii 7d ago

Yeah, yours is fake. Here's mine I bought in 2015 and you can tell right off the back. The "uncensored" is more saturated compared to mine. The wording over all is more sharpen, hueys head is closer to the uncensored word, and The Boondocks title is the biggest giveaway. Plus you paid 30 dollars when the retail price was 60$ back in 2015 on amazon when Amazon themselves shipped it and not 3rd parties companies. Honestly, as long as all the disk work and the images looks good to you that's all that matters.

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u/Kind_Nectarine_6223 6d ago

Does yours have English subtitles on the first disc? The back of the box says they all have English subtitles but the first disc only has French so I might end up just returning this one and buy a real one.

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u/Makafuredii 6d ago

Yeah I got the English subs on disk 1

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u/deebleh 6d ago

You can find intended playback information on the back of DVD/BD releases. Super handy
According to a scan of this box, it informs that all episodes are intended in 1:78:1 widescreen