DVD Movie: Widescreen or Fullscreen

[misaltas 0]

which do you choose?



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[Lindercles 0]

I've actually heard people say "why do they put those two bars on the screen?"

[pilotdave 0]

Until I got a wide screen TV, I hated wide screen DVDs. Still annoying because wide screen DVDs have a higher aspect ratio than the TV, so you still end up with black bars. I'd like 16:9 DVDs, but that still sort of defeats the purpose of the widescreen dvd in the first place - to not cut off the edges.

Dave

[MF42 0]

When I worked in tech support for DirecTv there was a never ending supply of idiots who asked that same question and expected me to be able to fix it for them.

Matt

[indyz 1]

Widescreen, because I have a 16:9 screen. Even on a 4:3, I usually go with widescreen because there are some truly awful pan-and-scan jobs out there (A Few Good Men comes to mind).

[ryoder 1,590]

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Widescreen, because I have a 16:9 screen. Even on a 4:3, I usually go with widescreen because there are some truly awful pan-and-scan jobs out there (A Few Good Men comes to mind).

Ever see the Benny Hill skit in which he made fun of the various techniques used to fit wide-screen movies to the TV screen? It was hilarious!

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[Conundrum 1]

widescreen, by FAR.

[Ncrowe 0]

Depends on what type of movie it is, napoelan dynamite or harold and kumar I prefer fullscreen. If it's a scenic move I'll go with widescreen .....

"Don't Mess Around With the Guy in Shades- Oh No!!! "

[NlghtJumper 0]

I do widescreen as often as possible just to be able to catch everything that they like to cut off in a fullscreen movie.

A man will do anything for the right woman,
and when that woman destroys him,
that man will become a hunk of meat with the common sense of a rodeo clown! ~ Christopher Titus

[ChasingBlueSky 0]

Always been a big fan of the 16:9 aspect ratio - and loathe pan and scan. I remember buying early Laser Discs to see the only widescreen versions of some movies. Now that me and my friends all have HD widescreens, I doubt that I could ever go back.

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[grue 1]

My father is a screenwriter, and I grew up around the entertainment industry. If I ever intentionally chose a fullscreen movie over a widescreen, I'd probably be disowned. Hell, I'd probably be dismembered, too.

That having been said, I also hate fullscreen of my own accord, because I want to see the movie the way the director intended it to be seen.

cavete terrae.