How will GWTW be displayed on my LCD?
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How will GWTW be displayed on my LCD?
I wanted to get my mom the GWTW blu ray Scarlett edition but she despises the "black bars" on Older Disney br's. How will the movie in the link below be displayed on a 42" LCD?
http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Scarlett-...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Scarlett-...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
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It will be shown as it should be: with black bars on the sides.
That said, you can always set the TV to stretch the image. Somewhere an angel will lose its wings but hey.
That said, you can always set the TV to stretch the image. Somewhere an angel will lose its wings but hey.
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It's so funny... In the past, people used to whine about black bars on the top and bottom when viewing widescreen movies on a 4:3 set. Now people are whining about black bars on a widescreen set for 4:3 movies. Wow.
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This seems to be a common complaint of folks from a certain generation. My Dad stretches the picture to fill his screen, because he doesn't want those black bars on the sides. I've tried and tried to explain the distortion of the image which results from this, but he claims he can't see anything different.
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...and cable channels often crop scope ratio movies to 1.78. Ain't life grand?
I personally hate it when people display 4:3 or 1.37:1 content in "Stretch-o-Vision." Even when my kids watch children's DVDs of 4:3 TV programs, I make sure that they watch it with the black bars on the sides, not stretched to fit the screen. I am going to do my best to raise OAR aficionados!
I personally hate it when people display 4:3 or 1.37:1 content in "Stretch-o-Vision." Even when my kids watch children's DVDs of 4:3 TV programs, I make sure that they watch it with the black bars on the sides, not stretched to fit the screen. I am going to do my best to raise OAR aficionados!
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I think you are supposed to watch the picture part of the screen not the black bars. I could be wrong though. Maybe you should install movable mattes on the TV as they will never be able to watch any of the older movies in 4:3 now.
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My uncle stretches EVERYTHING... even the native 16x9 programming. He is also hooked up via composite cable so I tend to just look the other way when I go over there.
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This seems to be a common complaint of folks from a certain generation. My Dad stretches the picture to fill his screen, because he doesn't want those black bars on the sides. I've tried and tried to explain the distortion of the image which results from this, but he claims he can't see anything different.
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This is why a license should be required to operate any video equipment.
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It is funny to see this go full circle. First folks hated letterbox, now they hate side bars. I wonder how many now regret buying fullscreen DVDs?
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This thread is still going? Seriously, everything after post #4 is just beating one dead horse or another. We are so invested in this guy and his mother's decisions because... ?
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