HDTV and DVD question

[David]

Pretty silly question since I think I know the answer but...if I have a 42" HDTV, I want to buy any future DVD's (non bluray/HD) in widescreen format, right??

I want to pick up I Am Legend tomorrow but not sure whether to go full screen or widescreen.

 

[tuelle]

Pretty silly question since I think I know the answer but...if I have a 42" HDTV, I want to buy any future DVD's (non bluray/HD) in widescreen format, right??

I want to pick up I Am Legend tomorrow but not sure whether to go full screen or widescreen.

I'd say right in any case. I preferred widescreen letterboxed content when I had a 4:3 CRT. Definitely, if you have any HD display device.

 

[Volusianator]

I just bought Full Metal Jacket in Blue Ray yesterday, damn I love that movie!

 

[cvm4]

Get the widescreen for 16:9 ratio.

 

[Clinton]

Yes, any DVD labeled "Full Screen" is a 4:3 pan-and-scan where someone has selectively cropped the sides of each frame. Here's a good explanation on Wikipedia, notably the animation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_and_scan

 

[Electric Sheep]

Pan-and-scan sucks a bunch of donkey bawls...I've been buying anamorphic widescreen DVDs almost exclusively for about 5 years now, which was well before I had an HDTV.

 

[bballbaby]

You bunch a techies...just watch the dang movie. All the action is in the center of the screen anyhow. lol

 

[Clinton]

Bzzzt!

 

[joshua]

Even if you didn't have an HDTV you always want wide screen. Chopping off of pan & scan ruins good movies!

 

[Angry Bill]

Widescreen baby!!! All the way!!!

Funny, In the near future, we will have to get a new TV.. THey all look so awesome in the wide format.... And the prices are dropping too!!!

 

[RigilKent]

yep wide screen because you will cut of the sides as previously stated in some movies i cuts out important stuff but not always just to be safe stick with wide screen

 

[tazbigdog]

Widescreen all the way. Full screen crops off the ends of the movie.