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Jedno je snimanje serije, a drugo emitiranje na TV kanale. Najvažnije da se slažemo svi oko toga da je The Wire vrhunac onoga što možemo nazvati serijom, po meni bez pramca. Iznenadilo me da se četvrta sezona po mnogim kritičarima, a i "smrtnicima" smatra najboljom, a iznenađenje je bilo još veće kada sam pročitao oko čega se četvrta sezona vrti.

E sad ne bi pisao oko 4:3 i SD sa tolikom sigurnošću da nisam već tražio razloge zašto se The Wire ne može naći u HD izdanju, nema nikakvih najava za BR izdanja i slično, koliko sam upratio HBO redovno izdaje svoje najbolje serije u takvim izdanjima, The Wire je očito iznimka.

The Wire is shot entirely with Panavision cameras. David Insley let us know that, "These later episodes of the show are shot Super 35, 3-perf, and that saves a lot of money because that means we're shooting about three quarters of the film we used to. But we're only using the 4 x 3 part, so we're losing the edges of the 16x 9, but it's less than we were using when it was 4-perf, so (the image is) somewhere between a Super 16 image and a standard 35 (mm) image."

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And perhaps the final contrast to the rest of high-end episodic television, The Wire for each of its five seasons has been produced in good old fashioned 4 x 3 standard definition. DP Dave Insley recalled, "The reason the show has stayed 4x3 is because David Simon thinks that 4x3 feels more like real life and real television and not like a movie. The show's never been HD, even 4x3 HD and that (SD) is how it is on the DVDs. There is no 16x9 version anywhere." As a viewer with an HD set I will point out that like much of SD television that makes its way to HD channels, it appears that HBO utilizes state-of-the-art line doubling technology. It may still be standard definition, but line doubled it looks considerably better on a high definition set than it would on a standard definition set.
Insley explained, "When the show started 2001 / 2002 they framed it for 16 x 9 as a way of future-proofing. Then a couple of seasons ago, right before Season 4 began shooting, there was a big discussion about it and after much discussion -- David, Nina, Joe Chappelle, the Producers, the DPs -- and we discussed what should be the style of the show. David made the decision that we would stay with 4x3. The DPs pretty much defined the look to be what it is now. And it's been consistent for the past two seasons."

Izvor: Inside HBO's The Wire