TOP GEAR REVIEW PORSCHE BOXTER, BMW Z4 AND HONDA S2000

[Jabba]

I have changed the format and resolution of this video as a few people were moaning that it appeared "squished"...

Let me know what you think of it....

http://www.supercarshowdown.co.uk/test/1.jpg
http://www.supercarshowdown.co.uk/test/2.jpg
http://www.supercarshowdown.co.uk/test/3.jpg
http://www.supercarshowdown.co.uk/test/4.jpg
http://www.supercarshowdown.co.uk/test/5.jpg

http://216.120.243.141/~kscreat/videos468032/Top%20Gear%20Boxter%20Z4%20S2000%20Review.zip

[Ziploc]

the screens look a bit squished to me :\

well see what the movie is like :)

[Jabba]

well see what the movie is like


It will obvisouly be the same as the screen grabs...

[RC45]

Hhmm.. the others movies that other folks said were squished, were fine for me.. now this new one is squished for me.

I don't know if that's the results you were looking for... ;)

[TT]

I never judged the previous movies squashed.. so IMO there was no need to change.. but we will see :D

[Ziploc]

this is odd i think it must be the codecs used to play them

i had a movie what was horribly squished for me after switching codecs like a madman it was all of a sudden porportioned :?

leved the review though the movie itself looks really good!

btw what codec are your movies in?

thanx again jabber

[Jabba]

Hhmm.. the others movies that other folks said were squished, were fine for me.. now this new one is squished for me.

I don't know if that's the results you were looking for... ;)

Yes thats good news for me...as I think the quality of the latest video is crap...perhaps the other people who think the old videos looked "squished" have got some computer (codecs) issues or need to get their eyes checked....

[Ivanhoe]

im not really caring about the size/format i just wanna watch that video! As much as I like Porsche, my fav here is the S2000

[TT]

Just watched the vid, and definitely on my PC, this size is the wrong one.. no idea what is the problem for the "complainers", but on my PC all the other vids were perfect, while here the cars when put in sideview, are 2 meters long..

[initiala4]

oooh ooh I wanna see that clips.....looks like an interesting clip! 8)

[Chaos in 1983!]

I don't think we should be labeled 'complainers', I mean just because we asked why they looked that way, doesn't mean we don't like the vids, wouldn't you ask others if a vid you d/led looked kinda funny?

It may be codecs, who knows, I'm d/ling it now to see if there's any difference...many thanks to Jabba for trying to fix what seems to be just a few people's problems....if there's no way to fix how we see the vids, we are still happy to enjoy the vids as they are :D Thanks again Jabba for helping us...

[ferrari550]

Great Video!!!!!!! love all 3 of the cars, i was kind of surprised with the outcome at the end, i thought the s2000 would win with its more power and less weight, but i guess i was wrong.
Top gear should be more like this when they review cars, going to pubs and houses fighting with each other about which car is best. Who's house was that anyway???
great vid to watch, thanks jabba

[Ivanhoe]

great vid, funny as hell, too bad the S2000 didn't perform as well as the other 2... :roll:

[PATo355]

even this picture looks squashed to me ... the boxter is not that narrow , dont you think ?

Weird .... tell me what you other guys think , maybe i need new lenses :o

http://www.supercarshowdown.co.uk/test/3.jpg

[stracing]

yea it was squished for me, but i didn't complain.

i think its just my screen, i've watched some of the vids on a LCD and they were fine

[PATo355]

Might be the codecs .... i think i will get the original WMV when i format my pc , i guess then it will be fine ..,

[AblativE]

this review was great. jeremy was a real laugh.

i'd probably take the z4 just to be different. the boxster seems a bit pansy and every man and his dog has an s2000

[jinmin803]

This was a great clip! The three were an absolute riot! I personally like Richard, and his liad back style of presenting, and I guess mix that with alcohol and Jeremy, it can't get any better.

I can't decide which one I like the best, becuase I like parts of all the cars. I like the sound made by the Z4, and I like the sporty little feel of the S2000, and yet, the Porsche seems to have an all rounder. Oh, well...

[TT]

Chaos, I know, that's why I used the " " around the word ;) And yes Pato the Boxster in that pic is in effect compressed, while in all the other screen grabs made by Jabba on the previous format, all was ok :)

[SDK2003]

i'd probably take the z4 just to be different. the boxster seems a bit pansy and every man and his dog has an s2000

In the UK it's different

Every man and his dog has a Porsche Boxster, Z4's a quite popular but since they are new it'll take a while for them to spread around and S2000's are quite rare

[Jabba]

As they said in the review...boxters are for people that cant afford a 911...although I did have a race with a boxter "S" and was quite surprised by its performance...for a little while anyway...

I would take the S2000 its more interesting and unique than the other two and I would love thrashing the shit out of that engine at 9,000 RPM

[stracing]

I would take the S2000 its more interesting and unique than the other two and I would love thrashing the shit out of that engine at 9,000 RPM

and i thought i was the only one...

[hemi_fan]

I didnt think the video was very squished at all. It was a great video too, all those cars were within one second on the test track.

[Chaos in 1983!]

Sorry TT, I misunderstood...but I still get the stretched look, cars way too tall...why the hell does this happen? and why other people have no problems with this....and this only happens to me with the last Top Gear and 5th Gear...the Fast and Furiouos 2 is OK, and the Carrera GT, Enzo, Gallardo vid is OK too...

[heath]

I used a tv card program that I could mod the ratio to get the perfect size....

god I'm awesome....

[stracing]

if i bother i use powerdvd. it fixes up the resolution

[Chaos in 1983!]

I'll try powerdvd we'll see if it works....

[AlienDB7]

Just wondering, isn't top gear shown with letterbox (black bar on top and bottom)? At least it's like that when it's being shown on bbc world. Maybe that's why it looks squished cause the letterbox is removed from the video before encoding? Just a guess.

[Chaos in 1983!]

yes you're right, maybe that could be it....Jabba what do you think?

[scubywrxr]

If guys have a squishy vid problem , just change ur resolutions or use a player such as BSplayer and change aspect ratios from 4:3 to 16:9 and vice versa.. it looks fine to me Jabba!