Full or widescreen DVDs?


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Depends, I told all the customers who asked me that question back when I worked at Tweeter (high end home theater store) that if they plan on buying a tv relatively soon (4 years or less), it of course will/should be a widescreen, so buy the DVD's meant for widescreen. Most are 2.35:1 (which is a little wider than a "widescreen" tv), a handful of others match the "widescreen" tv perfectly, being an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (more commonly called 16x9). Disney for instance most of the time makes their DVD's 1.85:1 (16x9)...

Even with a 4:3 (square) tv, widescreen DVD's are better, you see the movie the way it was made, no chopping of the sides, no Pan & Scan...

Or you can just buy 4x3 versions of your DVD's now (if you can even find them), then just buy the "widescreen" versions later, and have two copies.

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Of course you should buy Widescreen DVDs.. regardless of what kind of TV you have now. Full screen is an abortion. There shouldn't even be Full screen versions of movies. The studios just sell them because people are ignorant (why is half the screen black? omg! it's a waste!). It's a perfect example of what's wrong with society.. call it the AOL syndrome. Instead of teaching people to fish for themselves, sell them fish. Instead of teaching people how to use www.fish.com, sell them Keyword: FISH.

Films are pieces of art that contain acting, dialogue, cinematography, music. Films are shot widescreen, theatres are widescreen. If your tv is square-shaped, then you get black bars at the top and bottom. Otherwise the sides of the picture have to be chopped off, and you really DO lose half the picture. Simple concept. Why hide it? Why continue to encourage people to watch butchered versions of films the artists have worked hard to create? What if half the dialogue was changed? Or half the actors were cut out? It wouldn't be the same film, just as it's not the same film when you cut half the picture off!

/end rant.

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