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POLL: Fullscreen or Widescreen DVD's?

aphex

aphex

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Its a toss up for me... If im watching on my laptop, fullscreen is MUCH nicer 🙂

 
i prefer widescreen, although i will admit that when i'm watching on the computer and not the tv, fullscreen is pretty nice to have, but i still prefer the wide🙂
 
Stop trying to make it sound better by saying "fullscreen"
It's PAN AND SCAN damnit...if you want to mutilate your movies, that's your own choice.

2:35:1 for life.
 
I will not watch a DVD in 4:3. EVER!!!! I'd rather poke my eyes out first!








Unless that was it's original format.
 
The worst thing is 4:3 letterboxed to 1.69 or whatever. That means when you do get a widescreen TV, there will be black bars on all 4 sides. My copy of A Fish Called Wanda is that way. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
You mean there are movies that aren't widescreen?

Mommy, make the bad man stop with the lies!!!!
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Yes, actually. For instance, Stanley Kubrick wanted his movies shown 4:3. Plus there's always the TV series that go to DVD like X-Files, Simpsons, anime, etc.
 
Originally posted by: kgraeme
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
You mean there are movies that aren't widescreen?

Mommy, make the bad man stop with the lies!!!!
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Yes, actually. For instance, Stanley Kubrick wanted his movies shown 4:3. Plus there's always the TV series that go to DVD like X-Files, Simpsons, anime, etc.
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TV series are OK, that's what I said OAR - Not everything is filmed in widescreen, & that's OK.

But if it was filmed in anything but 4:3 they damn well better not chop it.

If they do I won't be buying it.

🙂

Viper GTS
 
I absolutely despise Pan and Scam... you get so much more out of the movie in its widescreen format. I don't even notice the black bars when I watch movies. Thank goodness for DVDs, VHS ruined movies with the horrid Pan and Scam.
 
If you have a small TV, often fullscreen seems better simply because widescreen makes the picture just too small to enjoy.

So sometimes fullscreen is good... particularly when your screen is large and has a 16:9 aspect ratio.
 
Originally posted by: aphexII
Its a toss up for me... If im watching on my laptop, fullscreen is MUCH nicer 🙂
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Yeah, and chopping off up to 50% of the original picture makes it an even better experience.

Total Votes: 56


Fullscreen
5 (votes) 8.93 (%)
Widescreen
46 (votes) 82.14 (%)
Either
5 (votes) 8.93 (%)
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Well, at least currently there is only 10 morons on AT 😀
 
widescreen!! i just plunked down a lotta cash for a 55 inch widescreen tv, if i accidentally pick up a dvd thats not widescreen it screws everything up.
 
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