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What is the point of Full Screen DVDs?
2004-09-02, 2:53 PM #1
Who buys Full Screen versions of DVDs? I thought the demand on Wide Screen version would be much more than Full Screen due to the distortion in some movies in FS. I mean, at my local movie rental store, popular movies leaves WS versions to be taken first. Then the people who come later have to settle for FS versions. Why would the movie rental place even feature so many FS for a popular title?

I'm not a terribly picky and meticulous, but I notice that certain movies that are projected on the whole screen, at times, just does not look good. Maybe some television shows and animation DVDs don't look bad that way, but major movies do.

But I assume FS DVDs continue to sell. Maybe some advantage?

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2004-09-02, 2:56 PM #2
They fill up the whole screen!

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2004-09-02, 2:58 PM #3
Some people like it to fill up the whole screen, even if it distorts the picture. Take my father for instance..

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2004-09-02, 3:01 PM #4
Or people with really small TVs and not good eyesight. *shrug*

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2004-09-02, 3:01 PM #5
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Freelancer:
Some people like it to fill up the whole screen, even if it distorts the picture. Take my father for instance..

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My dad zooms in 2x, so he misses almost everything in the movie. I swear he and I cannot watch movies together. I can't stand anything but widescreen.

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2004-09-02, 3:01 PM #6
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I'm the same way. Actually my mom had gone and bought a movie the other day I had to explain not to get full screen. Wide just looks better. Almost all my dvd's are widescreen. Only 2 or 3 arent.

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2004-09-02, 3:12 PM #7
On a lot of blocky TVs, widescreen pretty much cuts away half of the picture. I honestly don't understand why people get so worked up over this. Most fullscreen DVDs are specifically designed to offer the best possible camera angle in any given situation. A lot of people *gasp* just want watch the movie and probably, on casual viewing, hardly notice the difference anyway. It's a tradeoff between loosing some side action or being forced to observe a miniature version of the picture on screen.
2004-09-02, 3:19 PM #8
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by KnobZ:
On a lot of blocky TVs, widescreen pretty much cuts away half of the picture. I honestly don't understand why people get so worked up over this. Most fullscreen DVDs are specifically designed to offer the best possible camera angle in any given situation. A lot of people *gasp* just want watch the movie and probably, on casual viewing, hardly notice the difference anyway. It's a tradeoff between loosing some side action or being forced to observe a miniature version of the picture on screen.</font>


Not really. You don't miss much at all unless your TV is tiny--my friend's 15" for example.

See my parents watch it on a 62" big screen, so I don't understand it. And you'd be surprised how much you miss in the fullscreen versions of movies.

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2004-09-02, 3:30 PM #9
Widescreen all the way. I don't care if I get a smaller picture on a smaller TV. Of course, this might be because I've taken to watching DVDs in my room since I have 5.1 back here and a DVD player in my PC.

But yeah, there are movies where Widescreen is the ONLY format you should ever get. Lord of the Rings for example. Bladerunner would be another. 2001: A Space Odyssey. All movies that shouldn't be seen in ANYTHING but Widescreen.

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2004-09-02, 3:32 PM #10
Fullscreen is retarded...

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2004-09-02, 3:55 PM #11
If you have a small TV, buy the widescreen version and hit the "zoom" button on your DVD remote. That way when you get a big, nice widescreen TV you can watch it without hitting zoom.

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2004-09-02, 4:23 PM #12
Here are some comparisons..

[http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/lotr_comparison11.jpg]

[http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/lotr_comparison15.jpg]

[http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/lotr_comparison02.jpg]

[http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/lotr_comparison01.jpg]

[http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/lotr_comparison03.jpg]

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2004-09-02, 4:23 PM #13
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Freelancer:
Some people like it to fill up the whole screen, even if it distorts the picture. Take my father for instance..

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Neither of my parents like the widescreen wither.

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2004-09-02, 5:03 PM #14
I bought Die Another Day on DVD, I get home about to open it... OMG, FS! So we drove back to Target just to get a WS version. I just CAN'T STAND FS. Unless it's an animated film. Like Finding Nemo I can watch FS. *shrug*

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2004-09-02, 7:15 PM #15
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by mscbuck:
Here are some comparisons..</font>

This is why widescreen is vastly superior.
2004-09-02, 8:08 PM #16
I like fullscren b/c i'm used to it after watching TV all these years, and partly b/c those black bars really piss me off.



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2004-09-02, 8:14 PM #17
I went Letterbox and I never looked back.

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2004-09-02, 8:22 PM #18
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS:
I like fullscren b/c i'm used to it after watching TV all these years, and partly b/c those black bars really piss me off.

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Usually those black bars aren't noticable during the movie (for me.) Hmm.

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2004-09-02, 8:35 PM #19
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Evil_Tofu:
I went Letterbox and I never looked back.

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For me in started with my Episode I VHS . . . I I only own one movie in fullscreen, Ace Ventura, someone gave it to me. I really can't stand watching movies in fullscreen these days.

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2004-09-02, 9:17 PM #20
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by phoenix_9286:
Widescreen all the way. I don't care if I get a smaller picture on a smaller TV. Of course, this might be because I've taken to watching DVDs in my room since I have 5.1 back here and a DVD player in my PC.

But yeah, there are movies where Widescreen is the ONLY format you should ever get. Lord of the Rings for example. Bladerunner would be another. 2001: A Space Odyssey. All movies that shouldn't be seen in ANYTHING but Widescreen.

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So true! I make sure all the LOTR dvd's I purchase are widescreen.

as for the black bars I tend to forget they are there. When you get into a movie they just seem to blend and you dont even notice them anymore, at least I dont.

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2004-09-02, 9:24 PM #21
Well I, personally, don't mind at all watching movies in full screen. It's really such a small difference that it's not even worth thinking about (again, "personally.")

However, when purchasing DVDs myself, I would generally prefer widescreen, if only for that tiny feeling of getting more for my dollar, since they're the same price.

But really, it's a small preference. There are some movies I'd rather watch in certain formats though, for reasons...I probably couldn't explain. Back to the Future, for instance, will always be meant for full screen, in my mind at least. Royal Tenenbaums, and all Wes Andersen movies for that matter, must obviously be watched in wide screen.

But other than those handful of exceptions, it's really not a big deal for me.

(...If you were wondering.)
2004-09-02, 11:20 PM #22
I own a widescreen TV.
2004-09-03, 12:24 AM #23
i dont care if its fullscreen or widescreen, since such earth shattering decisions do not phase the spe.

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2004-09-03, 12:59 AM #24
watch the movie in the dark with a tv that is made of dark coloured plastic and those bars will totaly disapear.

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2004-09-03, 3:08 AM #25
The "comparisons" are wrong, they are just some 4:3 pics with added black bars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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2004-09-03, 10:05 AM #26
Hicks like Full-Screen because they paid so much dern money for a tv that they're gonna use all of it. I used to work at Best Buy and that's what people would say. Intelligence = -9.

I will only purchase wide-screen.
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2004-09-03, 2:09 PM #27
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Originally posted by Xing Xing
The "comparisons" are wrong, they are just some 4:3 pics with added black bars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


If you even looked at the pictures, you could tell that one is Widescreen and one is Full Screen. The Widescreens more show MORE OF THE PICTURE. If you were more observant, you would've noticed it. Look at the picture of Galadriel and the other elf holding the ring. Notice how in the widescreen there is another elf to the let, that is totally unseen in the 4:3 version.
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2004-09-03, 2:22 PM #28
Either way, I don't mind how the picture's layed out, because it's not exactly large on my wonky fourteen inch. Plus, I've got no room (or money) to buy a larget tele to experience the benifits of widescreen. Ah well.
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2004-09-03, 2:26 PM #29
I like my widescreen Laptop. Hmm

But yes, FullScreen movies are pointless. I don't know why it's taken DVD's to get into the Full Screen motion though, I recall watching more than one movie on VHS that was widescreen. I can't remember what movies they are though.. but they had em.
2004-09-03, 3:01 PM #30
its for people who liek quantity over quality... or those

'bigger is better' people...yeah compensating isnt good in the long run.
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2004-09-03, 3:27 PM #31
A friend told me the best way to prove the point of WS: Ask someone for a $10 bill, stretch it out in front of them and say "This is widescreen." Proceed to tearing off the sides of the bill and say "This is full screen."
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2004-09-03, 4:53 PM #32
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A friend told me the best way to prove the point of WS: Ask someone for a $10 bill, stretch it out in front of them and say "This is widescreen." Proceed to tearing off the sides of the bill and say "This is full screen."


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2004-09-03, 5:19 PM #33
More comparisions as to why widescreen is better.
2004-09-03, 5:26 PM #34
My Star Wars Special Edition box set is full screen.:(

My DVDs will be wide screen though!
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2004-09-03, 5:32 PM #35
sorry guys, I'm more of a fullscreen fan myself. the black bars just annoy me. kill me all you like
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2004-09-03, 6:20 PM #36
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Originally posted by Thrawn42689
They fill up the whole screen!


And in the process you miss half the movie cause they cut if off. Go watch a movie at your theatre, sit in the front. Take both your hands and put them to your face so you can't see anything on the film to the left or right, that is full screen.

At my video store they only have movies in wide screen for the new releases. Older movies depends, but if you went there and rented any new DVD, its wide screen only.

I liked it more though when DVDs use to put both wide screen and full screen on the DVDs.
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2004-09-03, 6:32 PM #37
Wide-screen. I will never go back. When the Star Wars Special Edition came out, I suddenly noticed how key things are cut out of the frame to fit the main thing... like the AT-AT pilots. I had never seen them up until I watched ESB in Widescreen.
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2004-09-03, 6:41 PM #38
Maybe some people just don't prefer widescreen...
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2004-09-03, 6:47 PM #39
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Originally posted by THRAWN
[...]And in the process you miss half the movie cause they cut if off.


Well I don't think it's THAT drastic...I mean, when you watch a movie in full screen you really don't MISS anything that is absolutely necessary for the movie to make sense...

I mean, say you watch...I don't know, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, on TBS or something, and it's in full screen. If someone asked you if you'd seen that movie, you wouldn't say "Well, I've seen about half of it," would you?

I don't know...the best analogy I can think of at the moment is listening to a song without the bass guitar track. You still get the whole song, you get the lyrics and the solo and all that important stuff, but it just seems more complete with that bass. In fact, you probably wouldn't even notice the bass being gone, until someone told you.
2004-09-03, 7:00 PM #40
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