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Posted by Cody k on 10/20/05 19:25
"Russell Watson" <russell-watson@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:49:31 -0600, Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>While I still think the "I need a widescreen TV in order to watch
>>widescreen DVDs." argument is utter bullshit largely perpetrated by Joe
>>Sixpacks who hate the "black bars," this news is still a good sign of
>>things to come..
>>
> <snip article>
>
> Despite only having a 15-y/o 27" regular TV, I personally refuse to
> buy "full screen" DVDs. I've seen some pretty decent movies in the
> Wal-mart $5.50 bin but wouldn't buy them when I discovered that they
> weren't widescreen. The "black bars" don't bother me a bit. What's
> funny is that my wife professes to hate them. Every time I put in a
> DVD she would bitch about it. The last time it came up I told her to
> hold on a minute. I turned on the VCR and popped in a tape of recently
> taped TV shows that she likes, such as "Smallville" on WB and the
> "Stargate" series on Sci-fi. I asked her "What do you see?" and she
> didn't get what I was trying to show her. "Look at the top and bottom
> of the screen. These shows are widescreen and they're like this every
> week, you just don't notice because it's 'TV' and you just watch
> what's on there without even thinking about it, but you have it stuck
> in your head when it's a DVD that there's something about the ones I
> buy that you don't like so you're anticipating it and tend to notice
> it more."
> Needless to say, she hasn't mentioned it again. Maybe the trend
> towards widescreen TV shows is helping to make people more accepting
> of it in DVDs.
I don't go into a movie theatre and stare at the ceiling. I never even
noticed the black bars, when I had a 4:3 TV. As it happens, the majority of
the movies I like are filmed in 2.35:1, which still means black bars, even
on my 16:9 set.
What really ticks me off is that a lot of movies released as "widescreen" on
DVD are actually cropped to 16:9 from the original 2.35:1 theatrical
release. The Gung Ho DVD is a perfect example of this shameful practice. I
want my OAR!
Cody k
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