Why do they even MAKE Fullscreen DVDs anymore?

[werewolfoz]

I get that......I don't agree at all, but I get it.

I didn't understand this though: "I have a flat-screen TV, so the picture is not really cut off."

THAT makes no sense.

[0193081]

Yeah, brooks be on drugs. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I do understand fullscreen if you have a small TV.

Watching widescreen on my 17" monitor is kind of annoying sometimes.

[brooks55]

The viewing area on a flat screen TV is slightly bigger than that of a rounded screen. That was my point. A rounded screen is easy to tell where the picture is cut off. At least with the flat screen I can pretend I am getting the full view of the film. If I hadn't just paid $1250 for this maybe I could afford a widescreen TV.




At least I have a widescreen in my car. All 6.5 inches of it. [img]tongue.gif[/img] I am not saying that I prefer my TV to a widescreen. I would much rather have a widescreen. All I'm saying is I would much rather rent a fullscreen DVD for the TV I have. Geez tough crowd here all of a sudden.

<font color="#dedfdf"><font size="1">[ August 11, 2004 10:00 AM: Message edited by: brooks55 ]</font></font>

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[0193081]

OK, but you're still pretending that you have the whole picture.

[werewolfoz]

right, because flat screen or not, you're watching the cut-up version of the film. The TV doesn't decide what to cut off, it's already cut off when you buy the DVD.

[S-Mart Manager]

i work at suncoast. don't get me started on the "fullscreen" people. just today this guy complained to me for 10 minutes about how he would rather buy a movie in VHS than get a movie in widescreen. another time there was a drunk guy buying 50 First Dates and spent forever making sure it was fullscreen and bitching about "thos fuckin' piece of shit black things on da screen"

christ...

[Mr. Bungle]

^ lol

[brooks55]

Originally posted by Bigbeltz:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by brooks55:
The viewing area on a flat screen TV is slightly bigger than that of a rounded screen. That was my point. A rounded screen is easy to tell where the picture is cut off. At least with the flat screen I can pretend I am getting the full view of the film. If I hadn't just paid $1250 for this maybe I could afford a widescreen TV.




At least I have a widescreen in my car. All 6.5 inches of it. [img]tongue.gif[/img] I am not saying that I prefer my TV to a widescreen. I would much rather have a widescreen. All I'm saying is I would much rather rent a fullscreen DVD for the TV I have. Geez tough crowd here all of a sudden.

<font color="#dedfdf"><font size="1">[ August 11, 2004 10:00 AM: Message edited by: brooks55 ]</font></font>

<font color="#dedfdf"><font size="1">[ August 11, 2004 10:01 AM: Message edited by: brooks55 ]</font></font>

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I still don't like the idea of a TV in a car...It will be the death of meaningful fmily/friend road trips...</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I only use it for music. What's a road trip without music? [img]wink.gif[/img]

<font color="#dedfdf" size="1">[ August 12, 2004 09:16 AM: Message edited by: brooks55 ]</font>

[Bigbeltz]

Originally posted by brooks55:
The viewing area on a flat screen TV is slightly bigger than that of a rounded screen. That was my point. A rounded screen is easy to tell where the picture is cut off. At least with the flat screen I can pretend I am getting the full view of the film. If I hadn't just paid $1250 for this maybe I could afford a widescreen TV.




At least I have a widescreen in my car. All 6.5 inches of it. [img]tongue.gif[/img] I am not saying that I prefer my TV to a widescreen. I would much rather have a widescreen. All I'm saying is I would much rather rent a fullscreen DVD for the TV I have. Geez tough crowd here all of a sudden.

<font color="#dedfdf"><font size="1">[ August 11, 2004 10:00 AM: Message edited by: brooks55 ]</font></font>

<font color="#dedfdf"><font size="1">[ August 11, 2004 10:01 AM: Message edited by: brooks55 ]</font></font>

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I still don't like the idea of a TV in a car...It will be the death of meaningful fmily/friend road trips...