Why do people buy Full-Screen DVDs?

[Turkish]

when you can buy Wide-Screen DVDs?

 

[DingDingDao]

A lot of people have 4:3 TVs and don't like black bars.

 

[vi edit]

Simply to piss you off.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: The Boss
when you can buy Wide-Screen DVDs?

They're morons?

 

[0roo0roo]

they will keep the same tv for the next 20 years.

 

[Turkz]

AFAIK TV shows only come in full screen DVDs.

 

[Ticks]

People enjoy not watching 50 percent of the movie

 

[WhiteKnight]

In full screen DVDs you get to see the whole picture. "Widescreen" just cuts off the top and bottom.



Actually, that second part is true of certain MGM titles. There was an article posted on here the other day about a class action suit.

 

[gigapet]

my guess is NOT EVERYONE OWNS A WIDESCREEN TELEVISION! DUH!

 

[kyparrish]

i hate full screen dvd's...mother-in-law gave us a full screen version of Shrek 2 (we have a freaking 16:9 TV too!!!!111!!)...I'm hoping I can go exchange it sometime

 

[Electric Amish]

For the people that own smaller tvs. If I was watching movies on a 32" TV or less, I'd probably buy full screen as well.

 

[ribbon13]

Why do people buy dvds when for $20 a month you can rent all you want, rip, and burn.

You realize you pay a tax on blank media that was enacted to recoup money lost from piracy. I heard about the MPAA forcing public libraries to charge people for checking out dvds. I feel no pity. The production crew gets paid long before the movie hits dvd.

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: gigapet
my guess is NOT EVERYONE OWNS A WIDESCREEN TELEVISION! DUH!

Unless you were kidding, You're probably one of the people this post is aimed at. only RETARDS think that you need a widescreen TV to watch a widescreen DVD. Hello.. McFly... What shape is a movie screen? Wide rectangle. What shape is a TV? Almost square. How do you fit a rectangular picture onto an almost square TV? You either just put it on there which leaves some black space above and below the picture, or you shop out half the picture to make it into a square....

Morons and old people buy full screen. They don't know (and probably can't comprehend) any better.

 

[kyparrish]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Why do people buy dvds when for $20 a month you can rent all you want, rip, and burn.

You realize you pay a tax on blank media that was enacted to recoup money lost from piracy. I heard about the MPAA forcing public libraries to charge people for checking out dvds. I feel no pity. The production crew gets paid long before the movie hits dvd.

umm, I know you think you're making sense, and making a good point....but, you can't advocate piracy around here


mmmkay?

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Why do people buy dvds when for $20 a month you can rent all you want, rip, and burn.

You realize you pay a tax on blank media that was enacted to recoup money lost from piracy. I heard about the MPAA forcing public libraries to charge people for checking out dvds. I feel no pity. The production crew gets paid long before the movie hits dvd.

Because that's stealing, douchebag. :roll:

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: Turkz
AFAIK TV shows only come in full screen DVDs.

Very true.

I have a 19" 4:3 TV at the moment, but I still buy widescreen DVDs mainly. I don't plan on having this tiny TV indefinitely afterall. And I'm used to seeing it with the black bars regardless. 4:3 Fullscreen seems a little odd now.

 

[FrustratedUser]

If the movie sucks they only have to see 50% of it, thus making it twice as good.

 

[MrChad]

Most people that buy fullscreen DVDs are either:

a. Miseducated about what widescreen DVDs are (you need a widescreen TV, they cut off the top and bottom, etc.), or
b. apathetic ("I just want to watch the movie. I don't care if the picture is cut off.")

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior

Originally posted by: gigapet
my guess is NOT EVERYONE OWNS A WIDESCREEN TELEVISION! DUH!

Unless you were kidding, You're probably one of the people this post is aimed at. only RETARDS think that you need a widescreen TV to watch a widescreen DVD. Hello.. McFly... What shape is a movie screen? Wide rectangle. What shape is a TV? Almost square. How do you fit a rectangular picture onto an almost square TV? You either just put it on there which leaves some black space above and below the picture, or you shop out half the picture to make it into a square....

Morons and old people buy full screen. They don't know (and probably can't comprehend) any better.

Um, maybe those people w/out a widescreen tv don't like black bars? How much of the population with a DVD player have a widescreen tv? My guess is less than 20% of the population. Out of that 80%, I would venture to say only about 20-30% mind the black bars on the movie. Nice to see that you can't comprehend what the mass public wants.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
If the movie sucks they only have to see 50% of it, thus making it twice as good.

LOL.

Anyways, I posted this because I don't believe we'll have 4:3 TVs in 2-3 years. What are they going to do with their fullscreen DVDs then? I think its smarter to buy widescreen DVDs as you replace your TV every 6-8 years anyways.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
For the people that own smaller tvs. If I was watching movies on a 32" TV or less, I'd probably buy full screen as well.

I have a 19" TV, and I buy widescreen DVDs. I'd rather see what the director wanted me to see, albeit much smaller. The only thing I've ever had a problem with is captions that are part of the video (such as when a portion of the dialog is in a foreign language).

It blows my mind that people are so bugged by the black bars... if you pay attention to the MOVIE, you don't even notice them. It's the same as the black plastic around the TV... do you notice that?

 

[kyparrish]

i've been buying widescreen dvd's long before I got this new Sony, b/c I knew that one day, I would own a 16:9 TV

 

[dayg]

What's fullscreen? It's not even in my vocabulary.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: The Boss

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
If the movie sucks they only have to see 50% of it, thus making it twice as good.

LOL.

Anyways, I posted this because I don't believe we'll have 4:3 TVs in 2-3 years. What are they going to do with their fullscreen DVDs then? I think its smarter to buy widescreen DVDs as you replace your TV every 6-8 years anyways.

Widescreen pushers are acting stupidly too.

It's completely ignorant to say "WIDESCREEN IS BETTER! FULLSCREEN USERS ARE STUPID!". What's important is that Original Aspect Ratio (OAR) is pushed. This might mean 4:3; it might mean 2.35:1.

Some people have the misconception that widescreen DVDs + widescreen TV = no black bars. If you watch a 2.35:1 movie on a 16:9 TV, you are going to get black bars, but it's still the right way to watch it. I just shudder to think that casual consumers are going to push for 16:9 Pan & Scan when (and if) widescreen adoption becomes more prevalent.

 

[xboxist]

I was casually watching a DVD movie the other day with some people that I barely know. They seemed utterly disgusted at the mention of watching it in widescreen mode. They literally seem to think that "widescreen" is just an option to watch the movie with two black bars covering up a part of the picture. No wonder they think fullscreen is much better.

Idiots.