What's the difference between wide screen and full frame?

mwmorph

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buy widesscreen it will have black bards no the top and bottom of your tv, thivker on 4:3 letterbox sets but thinner on 16:9 or 16:10 widescreen sets. Full frame cust the sides off a widescreen picture ot fill a 4:3 letterbox tv perfectly. Unfortunatey, half the picture that the editing room deemed the least "useful" is cut from the sides and destroys the movie exprience.
 

OdiN

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Go widescreen. Even if you don't have a widescreen TV, it future proofs your DVD collection a bit.
 

EvilYoda

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I don't suppose you want to buy a few dozen DVDs? I'll be selling mine real soon :p

And yeah, WS only...no PS crap.
 

spidey07

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oh christ....

stop posting.

you may now cite 3 movies where the director said "I wanna crop my camera specifically for 4:3" There are some, so have fun googling.

stop posting.
 

spidey07

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Originally posted by: Slick5150

This post makes me want to cry.

don't cry.

This is OT, own him. Remember there are other members reading this thread and we can stop the misinformation.
 

HomeAppraiser

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Warning: When Walmart puts DVDs on sale, sometimes only the fullscreen version is available at the sale price. Break out the reading glasses and check the back of the DVD for 16:9 or Widescreen before buying.
 

spidey07

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Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: spidey07
full frame = bastardized movie

widescreen = complete movie

QFT, /thread.

And just to reinforce that fact...

Like going to the movies?

Take some big/black 20x40' black screens, block out the left and right sides of the movie and enjoy!

I still can't believe that the year is now 2006 and this isn't common knowledge.

Everybody has seen the disclaimer "this movie has been chopped to hell to fit your TV screen, we hope you will non-joy"

Jebus...it's like listening to a play/theater/orchestra and saying "hey, we left out that horn section...we didn't need them anyway"
 

mwmorph

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Originally posted by: DVK916
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Aftermath
Examples.

that pretty much says it all.


Actually it doesn't. It hides the fact that many times the Full Screen contains more of the image, and the widescreen is cut on the top and bottom.


you know camers record natively in widescreen,(most commonly 2.35:1) no non consumer level camera will record natively in 4:3 format.