The type of person who buys FS.
01-04-05 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by hifisapien
I think everyone here still using the term "Fullscreen" shows their lack of knowledge of current video technology. "Fullscreen" is an obsolete term because there are now two types of
screens being sold, both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio screens and most of them are now 16:9.
screens being sold, both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio screens and most of them are now 16:9.
(There are more than 2 aspect ratios, but yes, Fullscreen/Widescreen don't really mean anything)
01-04-05 | 08:49 PM
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I forgot to mention, there are a lot of 4:3 non-letterboxed DVDs of a films that are the absolute best version to get, like just about every movie ever made before 1953 because those are all 1.37:1 or 1.33 :1 original aspect ratios. Other than those though, I much prefer either letterboxed 4:3 DVDs for aspect ratios between 1.37:1 and 1.78:1 and of course anamorphic 16:9 DVDs for aspect ratios 1.78:1 or greater.
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01-04-05 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by The Cow
And then there are still those stupid top/bottom black bars on my 16x9 TV watching the LOTR:Return of the King DVD.
(There are more than 2 aspect ratios, but yes, Fullscreen/Widescreen don't really mean anything)
(There are more than 2 aspect ratios, but yes, Fullscreen/Widescreen don't really mean anything)
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01-05-05 | 06:21 AM
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From: The Living Room on the Couch
I never bought too many VHS, mostly because I was cheap. I had, actually still have a number of vhs stuff taped off TV in the 6 hour mode, which I should probably just pitch.
01-05-05 | 11:40 AM
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Yup loads of the dvds mention are in WS in another region, why just shop from R1 I can never understand that, I shop anywhere the dvd is best, and most the time it isnt america!
01-06-05 | 12:29 AM
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Fullscreen will always sell as long as there are people like this in the world:
(Review of LOTR 12 disc DVD Triology)
"If you're a fan of the Lord of the Rings, then this item is a must have. It isn't simply stuff that was left out because it doen't have any relevance to the movie, in this case it's stuff that was left out to make the movie shorter. But if you've read the book then you'll know that there are a lot of things that were probably required to better explain the story but wasn't put in the final film. Therefore, the extra scenes are worth seeing.
Also, this collectors set has the return of the king extended dvd with over 45 extra minutes- And you wonder if these movies can get any better... well there's ony one way to find out.
The ony disappointing thing about this is that it's in widescreen format only... personally i'd wait for the full screen editions."
(Review of LOTR 12 disc DVD Triology)
"If you're a fan of the Lord of the Rings, then this item is a must have. It isn't simply stuff that was left out because it doen't have any relevance to the movie, in this case it's stuff that was left out to make the movie shorter. But if you've read the book then you'll know that there are a lot of things that were probably required to better explain the story but wasn't put in the final film. Therefore, the extra scenes are worth seeing.
Also, this collectors set has the return of the king extended dvd with over 45 extra minutes- And you wonder if these movies can get any better... well there's ony one way to find out.
The ony disappointing thing about this is that it's in widescreen format only... personally i'd wait for the full screen editions."
01-06-05 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by namlook
Fullscreen will always sell as long as there are people like this in the world:
(Review of LOTR 12 disc DVD Triology)
"If you're a fan of the Lord of the Rings, then this item is a must have. It isn't simply stuff that was left out because it doen't have any relevance to the movie, in this case it's stuff that was left out to make the movie shorter. But if you've read the book then you'll know that there are a lot of things that were probably required to better explain the story but wasn't put in the final film. Therefore, the extra scenes are worth seeing.
Also, this collectors set has the return of the king extended dvd with over 45 extra minutes- And you wonder if these movies can get any better... well there's ony one way to find out.
The ony disappointing thing about this is that it's in widescreen format only... personally i'd wait for the full screen editions."
(Review of LOTR 12 disc DVD Triology)
"If you're a fan of the Lord of the Rings, then this item is a must have. It isn't simply stuff that was left out because it doen't have any relevance to the movie, in this case it's stuff that was left out to make the movie shorter. But if you've read the book then you'll know that there are a lot of things that were probably required to better explain the story but wasn't put in the final film. Therefore, the extra scenes are worth seeing.
Also, this collectors set has the return of the king extended dvd with over 45 extra minutes- And you wonder if these movies can get any better... well there's ony one way to find out.
The ony disappointing thing about this is that it's in widescreen format only... personally i'd wait for the full screen editions."
01-06-05 | 10:19 AM
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The youth group kids came over to watch Christmas movies last month and someone accidentally put in the FS disc of Elf. I stopped the movie and put the WS disc in and when they realized what I was doing, they started complaining about black bars and not seeing the whole picture, etc. I began to educate them and, if the movie hadn't started again, they would have gotten a full presentation of the benefits of WS, but I let it slide for the sake of watching the movie.
It's coming though . . . they're going to learn . . .
It's coming though . . . they're going to learn . . .
01-06-05 | 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by joffa
Um... Are there really people out there who take Amazon user reviews seriously?
01-07-05 | 09:47 AM
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I don't take the reviews seriously per se, but I will skim through them when thinking about buying a book or cd. I don't really use them for movies as I rarely buy a movie unseen. You can't really take any one of them seriously, but it is usefully to look at them as a who. If 75% or so of them are positive or negative, that's a decent indication of the quality of the item.
01-11-05 | 01:36 PM
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I was a serious VHS buyer and I didn't like movies like Innerspace and The Karati Kid 3 because they were only released in letterbox. The thing that changed me to liking widescreen was when they rereleased Star Wars Special Edition in theaters. When I saw it compared to the full screen VHS, I sold my set real fast. This was when dvds were just coming out. Then I started buying nothing but widescreen dvds. Curse the studios that only make full screen versions when it was shown in widescreen in theater.
01-11-05 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by talemyn
The youth group kids came over to watch Christmas movies last month and someone accidentally put in the FS disc of Elf. I stopped the movie and put the WS disc in and when they realized what I was doing, they started complaining about black bars and not seeing the whole picture, etc. I began to educate them and, if the movie hadn't started again, they would have gotten a full presentation of the benefits of WS, but I let it slide for the sake of watching the movie.
It's coming though . . . they're going to learn . . .
It's coming though . . . they're going to learn . . .
and second, it took awhile, but I had finally got my brother and his son to see the difference
01-11-05 | 02:11 PM
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I was going to post this question here, but I thoght it was off topic and would get more attention as it's own thread:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5704324#post5704324
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5704324#post5704324
01-13-05 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Qui Gon Jim
I was going to post this question here, but I thoght it was off topic and would get more attention as it's own thread:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5704324#post5704324
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5704324#post5704324
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5704324
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