Widescreen or FullScreen

Swill · **Widescreen or FullScreen -** 05-25-2004, 01:29 PM

Ok well since we know that The Lord Of the Rings Return of the King comes out tommorrow on dvd... I was kind hoping to get the full screen version because I love that... but I was thinking of getting the other one....widescreen.... So in your own oppinion what do you like better?

Machette · 05-25-2004, 01:29 PM

widescreen

Swill · **hmm -** 05-25-2004, 01:31 PM

why is that? machette

Bane · 05-25-2004, 01:36 PM

Fullscreen because I have a 4:3 TV.

snipes · 05-25-2004, 01:37 PM

I've made it a habit to buy widescreen since I started buying DVDs...I never have bought a fullscreen DVD in my life.

I have a fullscreen 27" TV, but I still like the wider screen and stuff, even if the two bars on the top and bottom of the screen may annoy poeple; I guess I just like the whole picture, even if it doesn't fill up your TV.

So, in my opinion, go with the widescreen version.

bukdez · 05-25-2004, 01:38 PM

widescreen... why? cause thats how they made the film, no pan & scan...

Machette · **Re: hmm -** 05-25-2004, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Swill1496

why is that? machette

like bukdez said

Bucknub · 05-25-2004, 01:44 PM

Well, I mostly buy the Full screen cuz I have a damn 19' mono speaker TV in my room. grrrrr. but if I dont find the full screen Ill get widescreen... as for LOTR, Ill be getting full screen since the other two movies I got were in full screen.

Hollywood · 05-25-2004, 01:44 PM

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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Bane · 05-25-2004, 02:05 PM

Damn Holly... I'm never buying another fullscreen DVD again. I guess it's time to get a new TV...

Hollywood · 05-25-2004, 02:12 PM

I can't afford a widescreen TV right now, but all of my DVD's are widesrcreen and I don't mind the black bars on my 32". It's funny, because when Laserdiscs first started doing it I hated the letterbox format, but once I started getting used to it, I didn't even really notice the black bars and haven't gone back since. Every time I see a movie on tv that is pan and scan, I get disgusted. It looks like crap, you sometimes get the entire scen but it is panned back and forth. You lose like 40% of the film on 4x3 TV's.

Hawke · 05-25-2004, 02:53 PM

I'll just get both. quickshot:

Bane · 05-25-2004, 02:57 PM

I can't afford one either. I wish I could afford a nice 50"+ plasma to hang on the wall, but no. Not gonna happen anytime soon.

I don't really mind the bars at the top and bottom either, I just preferred to not have them since my TV is only a 27". Now that I know how much it's "formatted to fit your screen" it'll be widescreen all the way from here on out.

Short Hand · 05-25-2004, 03:00 PM

widescreens big screensare going for a 43 inch hdtv around 3 to 4 grand nowadays. not that bad, LCD and plasma on the other hand = a lot more.

Hollywood · 05-25-2004, 03:11 PM

Most plasma TV's look like shit anyway. It's going to be a couple of years before the technology is there to provide high resolution plasma TV's, and they'll end up costing a lot more then you can afford. Widescreen HD TV's are starting to get cheaper, so hopefully within the year I'll be able to get one.