is wide screen or full screen better?
11-13-03 | 12:24 AM
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is wide screen or full screen better?
I am thinking of buying the Indiana Jones trilogy, but I was wondering which version I should get, the wide screen or full screen? Or does it really matter? Thanks
11-13-03 | 12:44 AM
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11-13-03 | 01:42 AM
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I say go with what you prefer. I prefer widescreen. My number one reason is probably because I don't feel like throwing all my DVDs away when I get a widescreen TV.
I say go with what you prefer. I prefer widescreen. My number one reason is probably because I don't feel like throwing all my DVDs away when I get a widescreen TV.
11-13-03 | 03:21 AM
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This is like asking whether 32" waist jeans or 36" waist jeans are better. Neither is better; it depends on the shape of the individual body. Films, too, are individual bodies that usually have their own specific format (fullscreen or widescreen). In the case of the Indiana Jones films, the widescreen format is the proper shape.
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11-13-03 | 09:43 AM
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Re: is wide screen or full screen better?
Originally posted by princejoe
I am thinking of buying the Indiana Jones trilogy, but I was wondering which version I should get, the wide screen or full screen? Or does it really matter? Thanks
I am thinking of buying the Indiana Jones trilogy, but I was wondering which version I should get, the wide screen or full screen? Or does it really matter? Thanks
No matter what kind of display device you have, OAR or widescreen as it is incorrectly referred to is the way the movie was made and meant to be seen. P&S or as it is incorrectly referred to as full screen has been altered to fit a display device with a different ratio than the original film.
Personally I prefer to have my films unaltered no matter what display device I use.
11-13-03 | 11:01 AM
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'better'? Better in what way, and by what frame of reference?
Generically speaking, It's not which one is better. It's which one is accurate. Or which one shows you the full frame of the movie. Fullscreen cuts out a portion of the sides. Widescreen gives you the full picture. With full screen, there are literally things you will miss, like the key guy standing on the far left. You may just see his leg. This is a fact.
IMO. Full screen should be phased out. I sure wouldn't want to see the Mona Lisa without shoulders. I feel the same way about movies. Afterall, movies are art too. So the question is, do you want to watch the movie whole or sliced?
Unfortunately, there has been little effort to educate the consumer, that when they get a full screen movie, they are only getting about 80% of the actual picture as the director shot it.
The only caveat to all of this is, if you have a 13" or 20" TV. Then full screen is probably more desierable because the widescreen ratio would make the picture too small to enjoy it.
OTOH. If you don't care about any of that crap above, get what you prefer.
Generically speaking, It's not which one is better. It's which one is accurate. Or which one shows you the full frame of the movie. Fullscreen cuts out a portion of the sides. Widescreen gives you the full picture. With full screen, there are literally things you will miss, like the key guy standing on the far left. You may just see his leg. This is a fact.
IMO. Full screen should be phased out. I sure wouldn't want to see the Mona Lisa without shoulders. I feel the same way about movies. Afterall, movies are art too. So the question is, do you want to watch the movie whole or sliced?
Unfortunately, there has been little effort to educate the consumer, that when they get a full screen movie, they are only getting about 80% of the actual picture as the director shot it.
The only caveat to all of this is, if you have a 13" or 20" TV. Then full screen is probably more desierable because the widescreen ratio would make the picture too small to enjoy it.
OTOH. If you don't care about any of that crap above, get what you prefer.
11-13-03 | 12:35 PM
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To me it depends on what ratio the movie was filmed in.
As a rule i always go with widescreen but if its a movie that was filmed in a 1:33 ratio and then matted to 1:85 and called a widescreen movie, i would rather have the open matte full screen version because this is a case where you are really seeing less image with the 1:85 matted version.
A good example is the recent special edition Vacation movies. I bought the first one and its matted and called widescreen but quite a bit of the image is lost behind those black bars when you compare it to the first fullscreen Vacation dvd.
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As a rule i always go with widescreen but if its a movie that was filmed in a 1:33 ratio and then matted to 1:85 and called a widescreen movie, i would rather have the open matte full screen version because this is a case where you are really seeing less image with the 1:85 matted version.
A good example is the recent special edition Vacation movies. I bought the first one and its matted and called widescreen but quite a bit of the image is lost behind those black bars when you compare it to the first fullscreen Vacation dvd.
Davey M.
11-13-03 | 12:49 PM
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Originally posted by Mikael79
There is also more woman in a 350 pound girl, but I'll stick with the pretty ones.
There is also more woman in a 350 pound girl, but I'll stick with the pretty ones.
...more bang for the buck eh?
aghhhhhhhh.....just kidding.....I will stick with the beautiful ones as well
