How come widescreen dvds don't display as fullscreen on widescreen TVs?

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Originally posted by: BornStar18
I've run into a lot of people that think that to obtain a widescreen DVD, they're actually chopping off the top and bottom of the picture. In their mind full screen is the exact transfer and it's only through massive manipulation that they achieve widescreen. Most of my girlfriend's family thought this until I set them straight, now they only buy widescreen. I guess I can see how they could make that mistake having been around VHS without an option for so long but I hate watching movies that weren't transferred at the original aspect ratio.

Me too. And the only time this is excusable to me is if they have a 27" or smaller TV and are viewing it from across the room. A 2.35:1 movie on a 27" 4:3 screen is pretty damn small. For that, I can understand (but still not agree with) fullscreen/pan and scan viewings.

 

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