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what's up with widescreen?

Originally posted by: Reck
Why is every movie now released into widescreen format when 95% of people do not have a widescreen tv?
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becuase it was widescreen in the theater?

plus, widescreen is better - even when letterboxed on regular tv.
 
Widescreen is the future. Better resolution, more pixels, more information-usually HDTV ready. Also all movies are filmed in widescreen format as HardcoreRobot pointed out.
 
Because the OAR of movies is some sort of widescreen ratio, usually close to 16:9.

Even if they have 4:3 tv sets they still don't want to be missing parts of the scene.
 
Originally posted by: Reck
why can't they film it in both though? Who cares about seeing the whole picture when you've got 2 big ass black bars on your screen.
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Because it's popular. Just conform already.

In a few years when you buy a widescreen TV you won't have to upgrade your DVD collection.
 
Originally posted by: Reck
why can't they film it in both though? Who cares about seeing the whole picture when you've got 2 big ass black bars on your screen.
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Who cares? Most of us. If you don't like it, buy the freakin' fullscreen version..or just zoom in on your DVD player.
 
If this a troll thread: Please DIAF.

If this is an honest thread: Please do a search for the other 4 billion "widescreen vs pan and scan" threads that have been debated ad naseum.
 
Originally posted by: Reck
why can't they film it in both though? Who cares about seeing the whole picture when you've got 2 big ass black bars on your screen.
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Because every new TV will soon be widescreen. TV broadcasts will soon be all widescreen.

 
Originally posted by: Reck
why can't they film it in both though? Who cares about seeing the whole picture when you've got 2 big ass black bars on your screen.
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Don't think of it as 2 big black bars.. think of it as a couple inches of extra stuff you see in the movie!
 
because the director intended you to see the part between the black bars, not a subset (for pan n' scan) or a superset (for full frame)
 
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