Widescreen or Full Screen? - Page 3

Null · 01-10-2006, 09:59 PM

well next time shes watching a movie ask her whats going on to the left and right, and when she says she doesnt know, say BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE!

why buy a movie when your not getting it all. and someday when she gets a new TV, every movie she has is going to have even thicker black lines to the left and right.

people have gotten me full screen movie as a gift before, i return em and get wide, heh.

GameMaster · 01-10-2006, 10:04 PM

Which begs the question, why don't DVDs just have both options on one disc? I think some of my early DVDs have both just like JS was talking about.

Null · 01-10-2006, 10:09 PM

a few reasons.

the few i have and have seen with both on it, have it on both sides of the disc, one is wide one is full.

reason 1. people actually like seeing a graphic on the top of the disc rather then both be a data side. more appealing to people.

reason 2. space, ones i have with both formats on the same disc dont have much in the way of special features. not a big reason, but it plays a part in some ways.

reason 3, the main reason... Money. theres a number of reasons why they get more money releasing both formats.. one i always argue is that everyone buying full screen now because they dont like black bars... will end up rebuying movies in widescreen years later when hdtv's become standard.

MrCoffee · 01-10-2006, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

Widescreen will cost a hell of a lot more, I can tell you that.

Other than that, you might have black bars on the sides for some games? I think it all depends on your video card.

Your workspace should be fine once you install the necessary drivers.

See that worries me, because they are teh same price...
19LCD (Not Widescreen)
19inch LCD Widescreen

The thing is they are both $369.99

GameMaster · 01-10-2006, 10:19 PM

Well, looking back on my collection, not all of them are full screen. Just some of the really good ones like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. -_-

Based on the opinions and research that's presented in this thread, I'm going to start buying widescreen.

I won't be replacing the current full screen films that I have though. Sure, I'm missing out on some of the onscreen details, but all the important stuff is still visible.

Here's a side question: I've been looking at some TV series at Amazon and I noticed they don't have a widescreen specification. I assume that because they are TV shows that were designed for viewing on televisions, they are by default full screen and nothing is missing becuase that is the way they were originally filmed. Am I right?

Null · 01-10-2006, 10:21 PM

ahem. as i said, widescreens at the same sizes are going to be around the same price as thier normal screen brothers.

i think i looked at that acer when i was thinking about mine. the viewsonic had a better responce time and was brighter people said.

mine was 309 when i ordered it... oddly now its 325

and GM, yes most tv shows (expecially older ones are full screen only) and i cant say i've ever seen a tv show that has come in both formats.. even ones like Alias, or Lost which play on full screen for normal tv's, only come in wide screen when you buy the DVD.

Dyne · 01-10-2006, 10:53 PM

Oh. I guess they measure diagonally 19 inches. Then you can ignore my comment.

MrCoffee · 01-10-2006, 11:04 PM

i think im gona stick with the original sqaure...

Null · 01-10-2006, 11:27 PM

hehe. i flip flopped back and forth between that choice too.

DimHalo · 01-10-2006, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

well next time shes watching a movie ask her whats going on to the left and right, and when she says she doesnt know, say BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE!

I've actually done that. She doesn't care.

We also had a huge wide screen tv and she really didn't like that. Because all of the regular tv shows had all the blank space on either side.

She's pretty open to change, but I think this is one thing she doesn't want to budge on.

As for the two options on one disc... mine have graphics on them but there's not much for extras. I like my extras so i'll choose those over having both options. (Although, widescreen isn't much fun on a little tv... but I don't have that problem now that i've replaced my 13 inch tv with a 20 inch)

Null · 01-11-2006, 12:04 AM

widescreen is also a more natural field of view. normal vision from your eyes if you think aobut it is widescreen. in full screen people are actually looking up and down more then they need to, with wide it allows your eyes to stay more centered and still pick up everything easier.

and i know what you mean about widescreen on a little TV... luckily for me tho, my ipod has the option to watch in wide screen, or zoom in and take up the full ipod screen... very nice feature

BreakABone · 01-11-2006, 01:00 AM

I don't care either way.

And it really depends.

Movies I don't care one way or another.

Most TV broadcasts come in fullscreen so go with that as well.

I mean I can understand the difference, but its just a picture.. or maybe I'm just not a details person.

Canyarion · 01-11-2006, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by MrCoffee

i think im gona stick with the original sqaure...

Which isn't really square...

So Null, found out anything about JP yet?

Null · 01-11-2006, 09:10 AM

i quit looking. i couldnt find anything that says they cut it off.. i found some stuff on errors that said the error couldnt be seen in widescreen because a tv cuts it off, and if played on the computer or a projector it would show it (like the 2nd helicopter, the one holding up the camera man or something) but thats not what your talking about.

sooo i gave up. lol

Canyarion · 01-11-2006, 10:12 AM

Did you stumble on any news of the deleted scenes? I once searched for them, but no info on them.