Widescreen or fullscreen?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Widescreen or fullscreen?

Posted: 10/26/2006 9:45:08 PM EDT

If you have the choice between the two, which do you prefer to buy?

ETA: I have always been a diehard widescreen fan, personally

Posted: 10/27/2006 6:16:56 AM EDT

[#1]

wide screen all the way. unless the movie was made before wide screen, then I have no choice but to buy the OAR

Posted: 10/27/2006 6:17:53 AM EDT

[#2]

Widescreen.

Posted: 10/27/2006 6:30:52 AM EDT

[#3]

I perfer fullscreen.

Normally I use my player program to full screen it.

I also watch these on my computer

Posted: 10/27/2006 6:32:25 AM EDT

[#4]

Widescreen.

Posted: 10/27/2006 6:39:25 AM EDT

[#5]

My system is full-on widescreen. Of course I choose widescreen format movies when available.

CJ

Posted: 10/27/2006 6:42:53 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Widescreen.

Yep

and it is how the eye is meant to see (vs up/down), ie: field of view

eta:

Good wiki article HERE

Posted: 10/27/2006 10:21:43 AM EDT

[#7]

Only 1 choice and thats widescreen.

Posted: 10/27/2006 12:48:41 PM EDT

[#8]

Do Stanly Kubrik movies not come in widescreen? I bought Full Metal Jacke and A Clockwork Orange at Best Buy and both are P&S sized. There was no indication on the movie covers as to what they were.

Posted: 10/27/2006 12:51:10 PM EDT

[#9]

This question shouldn't exist. Widescreen widescreen widescreen!

Posted: 10/27/2006 1:25:14 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Do Stanly Kubrik movies not come in widescreen? I bought Full Metal Jacke and A Clockwork Orange at Best Buy and both are P&S sized. There was no indication on the movie covers as to what they were.

Same with The Shining.

Posted: 10/27/2006 2:16:05 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Do Stanly Kubrik movies not come in widescreen? I bought Full Metal Jacke and A Clockwork Orange at Best Buy and both are P&S sized. There was no indication on the movie covers as to what they were.

Actually, they don't come in widescreen....because it apparently isn't possible.

I read something about Kubrick movies and widescreen inavailibility a while ago. I'm not exactly sure why, but from what I remembered, he filmed his movies in a different ratio, and you are actually already seeing the whole thing without widescreen. Sort of the best of both worlds, actually.

Maybe someone can chime in with the specifics.

Posted: 10/28/2006 7:12:18 PM EDT

[#12]

wide, or more accurately, OAR
it's how the director intended, and you get to see the full picture
full screen, and worse, pan and scan, suck balls
watch ghostbusters on comedy central sometime and you'll know what I'm talking about

Posted: 10/28/2006 7:16:25 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Do Stanly Kubrik movies not come in widescreen? I bought Full Metal Jacke and A Clockwork Orange at Best Buy and both are P&S sized. There was no indication on the movie covers as to what they were.

Actually, they don't come in widescreen....because it apparently isn't possible.

I read something about Kubrick movies and widescreen inavailibility a while ago. I'm not exactly sure why, but from what I remembered, he filmed his movies in a different ratio, and you are actually already seeing the whole thing without widescreen. Sort of the best of both worlds, actually.

Maybe someone can chime in with the specifics.

yup, a lot of his movies were filmed in 4:3 (fullscreen regular tv screen ratio)
I can handle full screen if the director intended it that way

Posted: 10/28/2006 7:21:46 PM EDT

[#14]

I've been buying widescreen only for the past couple years or so. Planning on retiring this tv with something real nice sooner or later. Probably sooner than I planned. It's 19 yrs old and the on/off switch is headed south. Sometime I have to cycle it 3 or 4 times to get the thing to turn on.

Posted: 10/28/2006 7:26:24 PM EDT

[#15]

Why would anyone prefer fullscreen????? Just because you only want to see half the picture?

Posted: 10/28/2006 7:35:10 PM EDT

[#16]

When I bought Patton on DVD in widescreen, it was like a new movie. The battle scenes are GREAT!

Posted: 10/28/2006 7:38:55 PM EDT

[#17]

widescreen!
ever try to watch Tombstone in pan/scan

Posted: 10/28/2006 7:43:06 PM EDT

[#18]

Widescreen.

Posted: 10/28/2006 9:07:52 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
wide, or more accurately, OAR
it's how the director intended, and you get to see the full picture
full screen, and worse, pan and scan, suck balls
watch ghostbusters on comedy central sometime and you'll know what I'm talking about

+1

Watching The Last of the Mohicans in Pan&Scan actually gives me a freakin' headache.

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