[Hollywood]

Widescreen is so much better, because films are originally shot in either 1.85:1 or 2.35:1. Because TV's are generally square, the films were cropped to properly fit them on screen. This results in scenes being incomplete to the viewer, although you wouldn't know this being a casual viewr at the time. This was before widescreen became so popular on laserdiscs The way around this is something called pan-and-scan, which physically moves the center of the screen from side to side on wide shots to give the viewer the entire scene. If you are sharp-eyed, you can pick this out and it is really annoying.

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Here are some comparisons, and this is why you should never buy full screen again.


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