Posted by Derek Janssen on 10/20/05 12:37

moviePig wrote:
>
> Jay G. wrote:
>
>> Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Widescreen DVDs spread - Along with wider TV sets
>>> By Susanne Ault
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> Not at all. For us "connoiseurs", there's a version with *four* black
> bars...

Yes, but the article citing was to be meant in the traditional a.v.d
spirit of "Why won't Warner release the widescreen 'Gone With the
Wind'?--Sign my petition!" ;)

Derek Janssen
djanss@charter.net

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