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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 11/12/05 03:45
In article <r2cdm1p3d2rsavkskoardcgh8ao5800jjp@4ax.com>,
TheFug. <nospam@plea.se> wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:03:45 -0400, Rich <none@none.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:49:31 -0600, Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com>
>>wrote:
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>>>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..
>>>
>>
>>Finally, the dumbass bastards are realizing their new TV sets are WS.
>>Thats the only reason for a shift on DVDs.
>>Stupid luddite sheep.
>>-Rich
>The nice thing is, the that the widescreen format came into the
>theaters, after the tv came into the livingroom, just to lure the
>people out their houses, so people come into the theatres, to
>experience a more lively experience, so ...WS is there because of TV !
To be technically correct you should say widescreen came back to
the theatres to lure people away from their TV.
The depression which grew strong with the stock market crash of
1929 killed the nacent wide-screen industry before it got much of a
start. Fox released two in their 70MM Grandeur format - one of
which is the first movie John Wayne had a leading part in - The Big
Trail. The wide-screen version is shown now and then on Fox Movie
Channel.
Who knows what would have happened if the depression had not come
and movies started all being wide in that era. Perhaps TV would be
wide too.
Bill
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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