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Widescreen (Finally) Winning

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the film-fans-rejoice dept.

Yort writes "There's a little blurb over at the IMDB about customers at Blockbuster now generally preferring the widescreen, or letterbox, format over full-screen. This after Blockbuster tried to only stock full screen versions of movies a few years ago. I guess now the wife will have to let me buy that new widescreen TV, right?"

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  1. Good comparison site by teko_teko · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This site has some samples of movies in widescreen format and the result that one will get in the full screen format. widescreen.org.
    The full screen version of LoTR is really bad because of its original screen ratio.

  2. No need to buy a widescreen by joeflies · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Considering that the cost of front projection DLP is falling fast, I'd skip the widescreen tv route entirely. You get whatever aspect ratio you need.
    Even if you do go rear rear projection or tubes, I think I'd still go with a bigger 4:3 (as long as it supported 16x9 compression, like the Sony's or JVCs)

  3. How?! by limekiller4 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Call me a snob, a bigot, whatever. But I cannot fathom how people stomach non-widescreen. I mean, it's cutting off sizeable chunks of what the director intended you to see. With competent editing it is a disaster. With incompetent editing it's unwatchable.

    How the hell are you supposed to watch Kubrick or Kurosawa, for that matter, on a format other than they shot it in and not walk away with (almost literally) half the picture?

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    My .02,
    Limekiller