widescreen or full screen dvd

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: pulse8
According to the link above, flat lenses are used for this process, but IMDB still states that they used anamorphic lenses. 😕

I guess my question is how can you film both anamorphic and open matte at the same time?

Hey, I posted pics comparison from both the 4:3 version and the 2.35:1 version above.

It's obvious it was open matte.

So IMDB is wrong? Maybe you should updated with your information.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: pulse8
According to the link above, flat lenses are used for this process, but IMDB still states that they used anamorphic lenses. 😕

I guess my question is how can you film both anamorphic and open matte at the same time?

Hey, I posted pics comparison from both the 4:3 version and the 2.35:1 version above.

It's obvious it was open matte.

So IMDB is wrong? Maybe you should updated with your information.

Go ahead. It wouldn't be the first time an internet database has an error, and it wont be the last.

If you go to DVD Profiler's forums, you'll see constant complaints about people adding incorrect data from IMDB to the DVD profiles.

 

[ohtwell]

Get widescreen!!


: ) Amanda

 

[cHeeZeFacTory]

Yea if you get fullscreen, the dvd will be trash when you get your next tv.

Another vote for W I D E S C R E E N !

 

[mobobuff]

The question the OP asked was what kind of format for NON-WIDESCREEN TVs. Not "Ooh well you're gonna be buyin' a widescreen TV in 2 years anyway. Blah blah blah demands of society blah blah blah I'm a blind sheep." Well once he buys that widescreen TV he can start buying widescreen DVDs. I don't usually watch 2 year old DVDs more than once every 3 months anyway.

Originally posted by: Rufio

Originally posted by: mobobuff
Fullscreen. I feel like I'm missing stuff with widescreen on a 3:4 screen. I'm missing stuff with fullscreen, but at least I don't KNOW it as much.

But one thing is certain... Pan & Scan is OBNOXIOUS!

you're missing stuff with widescreen?? WTF.......u make no sense.

You're a dumbass. Try reading a whole post and having a complete thought before posting anything.

The biggest screen I usually watch movies on is no bigger than 23" and it's 4:3. If I'm watching widescreen on that, I've got extremely thick black bars paralleling the picture and my mind TELLS me that I'm missing stuff (and I know it's the opposite, but my visual perception tells me otherwise). But if it's FULLSCREEN then I don't FEEL like I'm missing anything (yet I know that I am, but it doesn't matter because I don't feel like it).

I don't watch movies on TV much anyway, I'm usually going to theathers 3 times a week and a lot of that is iMax. When I do watch DVDs it's usually on my computer and I'm only sitting 3 feet away so I don't mind so much if it's widescreen.

 

[dman]

Not looking to start a complete list but, IIRC, Back to the Future was an example of a movie shot in that super35 thing where the 4:3 you see MORE than the widescreen. Even if it's not true it was the first example that opened my eyes to that possibility.

Ah well, I default to widescreen format. Stupid albertson's rental place auto-assumes people want 4:3 format, and the few movies that have a choice they still grab the fullscreen format from the inventory when you got o check out. Have to ask them for widescreen when I have that option.
At least it's only $.99/movie, so, I don't get that upset. 🙂

 

[KydLynx]

ok, ill go for widescreen.

even though it seems you miss out on information regardless of which version you get.
pan and scan does look quite promising though. 😀

 

[JulesMaximus]

Widescreen. I buy/view all my movies in widescreen format and view them on a 4:3 aspect ratio 50" RPTV. It doesn't bother me that there is a narrow bar at the top and bottom of the screen because the picture is large enough that I can still see it and this is how the movie was meant to be seen. If I was watching it on a 27" it might be a different story though.

I won't get a 16:9 until TV is broadcast in that format. A friend of mine has one and everything looks stretched. I hate that, it would drive me nuts trying to watch normal TV like that.

 

[Nevada]

widescreen

 

[Metron]

WIDESCREEN!

and I generally watch them in that mode. If I'm in the mood, I use the options on my DVD player to show it in Fullscreen format. Buy Widescreen format, and then you can choose later. Procrastinate!

Metron

 

[Rufio]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
The question the OP asked was what kind of format for NON-WIDESCREEN TVs. Not "Ooh well you're gonna be buyin' a widescreen TV in 2 years anyway. Blah blah blah demands of society blah blah blah I'm a blind sheep." Well once he buys that widescreen TV he can start buying widescreen DVDs. I don't usually watch 2 year old DVDs more than once every 3 months anyway.

Originally posted by: Rufio

Originally posted by: mobobuff
Fullscreen. I feel like I'm missing stuff with widescreen on a 3:4 screen. I'm missing stuff with fullscreen, but at least I don't KNOW it as much.

But one thing is certain... Pan & Scan is OBNOXIOUS!

you're missing stuff with widescreen?? WTF.......u make no sense.

You're a dumbass. Try reading a whole post and having a complete thought before posting anything.

The biggest screen I usually watch movies on is no bigger than 23" and it's 4:3. If I'm watching widescreen on that, I've got extremely thick black bars paralleling the picture and my mind TELLS me that I'm missing stuff (and I know it's the opposite, but my visual perception tells me otherwise). But if it's FULLSCREEN then I don't FEEL like I'm missing anything (yet I know that I am, but it doesn't matter because I don't feel like it).

I don't watch movies on TV much anyway, I'm usually going to theathers 3 times a week and a lot of that is iMax. When I do watch DVDs it's usually on my computer and I'm only sitting 3 feet away so I don't mind so much if it's widescreen.

I'm the dumbass??
You're the dumbass who gets tricked by black bars!

 

[Anubis]

wide

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: cHeeZeFacTory
Yea if you get fullscreen, the dvd will be trash when you get your next tv.

Another vote for W I D E S C R E E N !

thats only if his next TV is a widescreen TV

i will not buy a new TV untill HD becomes standard and im forced to, untill everything is broadcast in HD and WS there is no point

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Rufio
I'm the dumbass??

Precisely.

 

[ucdbiendog]

Originally posted by: Confused
Original Aspect Ratio exclusively


No point in watching it if it's not how the director intended.

amen. i cant stand full screen movies