Eternal Sunshine - Watch Out!
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Eternal Sunshine - Watch Out!
I bought this DVD last night and almost grabbed the Fullscreen version. The titles "Fullscreen" and "Widescreen" on the covers are small and almost disguised! The salesperson was even amazed.
Anyone buy the wrong copy?
Anyone buy the wrong copy?
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no problem. I thought that "widescreen" was easy to locate since it's right there on the cover. I always go over my buys with a fine toothed comb....checking for damage and all that. this includes taking just a few seconds to make sure I'm buying the right version/copy. I give myself time to shop...even though most of it is done on-line.
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The same thing happened to be at Best Buy yesterday. I didn't realize it until I was slicing the wrapper off at home. I did go back there and exchange it for a widescreen dvd without any problem, though.
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As I always (and every DVD fanatic should) do, I look at the back for the specs to make sure it is widescreen.
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I hate it when its not printed so one can actually read it without needing a magnifying glass!! I really look for the print now cuz I have had to take a few back myself.
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My wife got this for me on Tuesday, and she bought the "Widescreen" edition. It wasn't by accident either. When she handed it to me, she said "Look, its the widescreen one!"
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Originally posted by Tommy_Harn
My wife got this for me on Tuesday, and she bought the "Widescreen" edition. It wasn't by accident either. When she handed it to me, she said "Look, its the widescreen one!"
My wife got this for me on Tuesday, and she bought the "Widescreen" edition. It wasn't by accident either. When she handed it to me, she said "Look, its the widescreen one!"
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I usually check carefully to make sure my movies are widescreen, but I was tired on tuesday and I guess I assumed that a smaller film of this sort would only be released in widescreen anyway. As I was walking out of Costco, I was looking at the DVD and saw the dreaded fullscreen banner. I went right back in and asked to exchange it and the clerk said I could just go back and grab the other one. There were only one or two widescreen copies in a sea of fullscreen. When I brought one back to customer service, it looked so much like the fullscreen copy, she thought that I hadn't been able to find one at first. Ugh. At least I noticed before I got home.
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I usually check carefully to make sure my movies are widescreen, but I was tired on tuesday and I guess I assumed that a smaller film of this sort would only be released in widescreen anyway.
I usually check carefully to make sure my movies are widescreen, but I was tired on tuesday and I guess I assumed that a smaller film of this sort would only be released in widescreen anyway.
However, no one reading this thread will, so that is a plus. Learn from our mistakes.
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happened to me as well -- looked at the back for the AR, saw 1.33, and then found the "full frame" on the front. i had not entertained the idea this would even be release in foolscreen.
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