<story><title>The Wire in HD</title><url>http://davidsimon.com/the-wire-hd-with-videos/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cllns</author><text>For an example of what can go wrong: the &amp;#x27;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&amp;#x27; HD Remaster has a few ruined shots.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vox.com/2014/12/12/7385261/buffy-ruined&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.vox.com&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;7385261&amp;#x2F;buffy-ruined&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The Wire in HD</title><url>http://davidsimon.com/the-wire-hd-with-videos/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>danso</author><text>edit&amp;#x2F;correction: As [leehro](&lt;a href=&quot;https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8803190&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=8803190&lt;/a&gt;) has pointed out, Amazon has a widescreen version but not necessarily the the new HBOGO one:&lt;p&gt;---&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve re-watched &amp;quot;The Wire&amp;quot; about 3 to 4 times already...the new HD release is already on Amazon Prime Instant Video and I don&amp;#x27;t think I would&amp;#x27;ve noticed if the news hadn&amp;#x27;t been posted. On The Wire subreddit, someone posted a few more comparisons:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reddit.com/r/TheWire/comments/2qgs9e/the_wire_remastered_hd_vs_sd_comparison/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;TheWire&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;2qgs9e&amp;#x2F;the_wire_rem...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re new to The Wire, I suggest watching the HD versions first, in spite of Simon&amp;#x27;s compelling arguments to the contrary. The Wire just has so many disorienting things about it to new watchers -- the barrage of police lingo, the high number of black to white characters, the 90s-era technological timeframe -- that the 4:3 ratio&amp;#x27;s fidelity isn&amp;#x27;t worth the mental bias you might have that associates 4:3 with &amp;quot;cheap&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;old&amp;quot;...the show can already be difficult for people to get into.&lt;p&gt;Speaking of the r&amp;#x2F;TheWire subreddit...a year ago, a sound editor did a Q&amp;amp;A...if you&amp;#x27;re interested about the minutiae of the show, and curious about the technical details of sound mixing is done...it&amp;#x27;s one of the best things I&amp;#x27;ve ever read about the show:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reddit.com/r/TheWire/comments/1qn6ff/i_was_a_sound_editor_on_the_wire_every_episode/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;TheWire&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;1qn6ff&amp;#x2F;i_was_a_soun...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>