JJE-187

I ordered Last House On The Left (dvdempire 2 for $15) and as I always do I put the widescreen version side in my player and to my suprise it was the "standard" version. So I flipped the disc over to the "standard" side and it was the WS version. Anyone else's copy like this?

HoNuts

My copy of Dark City is like that. That's the only time when I purposely put the Full Screen side of the disc up when playing.

TheKing

I've got a few discs like that, though I couldn't name them off the top of my head.

evenswr

Well, there's two ways of looking at it. Does the label indicate what data is contained on the side which is labeled, or does it indicate what you will see if you insert the disc with that label side up into your DVD player?

pOpus

There seems to be no real rhyme or reason to how the discs are labeled. Sometimes the widescreen side is on the side that says widescreen, and sometimes its on the the opposite side. My rule of thumb is to guess which one it is, then pick the other one, since my first guess always seems to be wrong.

DealMan

For a disc that's dual-sided, I have to put the disc in the player so that the words "widescreen" are facing up, with the actual data on the other side.

evenswr

But that's not always the case. For example, in this thread, people have pointed out the Last House on the Left and Dark City do it the other way.

malkmuz

I just checked my LHOTL disc, and the widescreen data is on the side marked standard, so to watch it in widescreen you'd put it in standard side down.

RobCA

My copy of The Birdcage is like that. But my Dark City disc is labelled correctly.

Rob

evenswr

Afraid to say it, but I'm still confused. If the widescreen data is on the side marked "standard," isn't that the normal way of playing a double-sided disc? That is, with the word "widescreen" facing the ceiling, and not the floor, the widescreen version of the film plays? Why, that sounds like every other dual-sided disc to me. Is it possible your DVD player is upside down? Or, rather, that JJE-187's DVD player is upside down? Quick way to tell: If you have to secure your disc in the player with a piece of tape, it's upside down. Or possibly on its side. Hmm. To be sure, I suggest that you attach a photo in this thread of you inserting the disc.

TomOpus

Okay, just checked my copy. It's normal. When I put the disc in to watch the widescreen version, I can see the word "Widescreen" on the hub as the disc is sitting in the tray.

STEVEIGNORANT

Mine are always widescreen words on top of the disc and the data on the bottom. Just like a normal movie with artwork. The movie isn't on the side with the artwork but rather the opposite side.

Drexl

Widescreen really should be considered "standard" anyway, so either way it makes sense.

DVDProfessor

My copy of "Batman Forever" is like that, but my copy of LHOTL isn't like that.

malkmuz

I was just giving confirmation about how my personal copy of the disc is labeled. Like your previous post, some discs are labeled the opposite way. No need to be nasty!