Posted by Jay G. on 10/20/05 03:01

Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Widescreen DVDs spread - Along with wider TV sets
>By Susanne Ault
>
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>A representative of specialty retailer Tower reports noting an uptick of
>about 5% in widescreen purchases over the past year, though the broadest
>releases such as Buena Vista Home Entertainment's Oct. 4 Cinderella
>still sell 75% in fullscreen versions.

Actually, in the speicifc case of Cinderella, 100% of the purchases are
"fullscreen", as the 4:3 ratio is the original movie ratio of the film, and
thus the only option available on DVD.

-Jay

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