Fullscreen or Widescreen DVDs

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: anxi80

Topic Title: Fullscreen or Widescreen DVDs
Topic Summary: Which one do you buy?

its not one or the other because i buy o.a.r.

Good band, BTW

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: daniel1113
Good band, BTW

saw them about a year and a half ago.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: mpitts
I've been buying widescreen movies for ten years. I certainly am not going to change now.

I'll pay you 10 million dollars to buy and watch only fullscreen movies from now on.

Done.

You can Paypal me.

 

[InlineFive]

I always buy widescreen DVDs. The only problem is, I'm not rich enough to afford a widescreen TV!

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Widescreen all the time. Fullscreen cuts off the sides.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I have a 50" 4:3 aspect ratio RPTV and I buy only Widescreen versions of movies. I figure it this way, when I watch these movies I see them as they were intended to be viewed in the theater and since I'm not losing much on the top and bottom I don't mind.

Besides, in a few years nearly all broadcasts will be in widescreen and I'll have a widescreen TV so at that point I won't need to go out and replace the hundred or so DVDs I already own.

 

[Torghn]

Fullscreen should really be called 3/4 screen as you loose 25% of the picture.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Albis
"Open Matte" is not the same thing as fullscreen. Most full screen movies are based of a widescreen image with the left and right sides cropped off.

Open Matte is filmed in 4:3 and meant to be that way.

WRONG.

Most open matte movies are cropped to 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 and released to theaters.

Again, Terminator 3 is a good example.

Terminator 3 is a bad example. Do you have any "good" movies that were shot in this manner?

/End of T3 sucked donkey balls rant.

 

[callmesteve]

I don't have a widescreen display but I still buy WS... it's just better that way

 

[thomsbrain]

you should buy widescreen no matter what kind of TV you have. black bars > cropping

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Widescreen all the time. Fullscreen cuts off the sides.

you mean "pan and scan"

 

[SpunkyJones]

OAR forever.

 

[lokiju]

Wide screen only, I've returned plenty of DVD's just because I didn't realize they were full screen until after I bought them, the only full screen ones I own are because they were free.

 

[Baked]

Foolscreen gives you more movie for your money.

 

[Beller0ph1]

Widescreen here. I don't even notice the bars anymore. Plus, when I eventually get my widescreen TV, it'll look normal.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: pyonir
I don't have any widescreen displays either, but i want to see the entire picture the movie was originally filmed in.

I concur :beer:

 

[MidasKnight]

Originally posted by: pyonir
I don't have any widescreen displays either, but i want to see the entire picture the movie was originally filmed in.

Same here.

 

[daniel1113]

And just think, by the time some of you do get a widescreen TV, all those DVDs will be outdated thanks to HD-DVDs and Blu-ray discs

 

[Blayze]

I buy Widescreen 99% of the time. I have bought some Fullscreen DVDs. They were either super cheap, or the only version of the film I could find.

 

[kyparrish]

WS period. Even if you don't have a WS display now, at least buy for the future, when you might have one!

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Quasmo

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Widescreen all the time. Fullscreen cuts off the sides.

you mean "pan and scan"

I don't know....Is Fullscreen less or more of the image than Widescreen?

 

[chuckywang]

Refering to the poll:

Fullscreen = PWNED!!

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: mpitts
I've been buying widescreen movies for ten years. I certainly am not going to change now.

I'll pay you 10 million dollars to buy and watch only fullscreen movies from now on.

Done.

You can Paypal me.

Sellout!

 

[Aves]

OAR

 

[psiu]

Widescreen. Always.



It means it's letterboxed on my TV now, but I still prefer it to pan and scan, and when I get a true widescreen it'll just make it better.