Thursday, December 4, 2003
Member since:
December 2003
December 2003
How come all of the dvd's that have dual formats you only have widescreen? Most of the movies I have are full. Could you start adding both maybe?
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
The 16:9 aspect ratio for TVs is a legal mandate created by various governments. In short time, Pan&Scan issues of movies will become obsolete, and the term "full-screen" will come to mean movies that fill the 16:9 ratio.
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
greasye,
You must be new to the site. It's been our philosophy since the introduction of DVDs some years ago to review only the original theatrical-release format of each film, wherever possible. We don't believe that the butchered-for-your-screen pan-and-scan "fullscreen" format is what the filmmakers intended, so we avoid them whenever possible. Usually, as you know, a pan-and-scan affair will only show about one-half to two-thirds of the widescreen picture, blown up to fit your screen.
This is not to suggest that we don't mention the availability of fullscreen, nor does it mean that all fullscreen formats are pan-and-scan renderings. Some 1.33:1 ratio fullscreen pictures are actually the original size of the camera negative from which a widescreen version was later matted for theatrical release. But if that's the case, we are sure to mention it. Even so, we still believe that we should review movies as they were seen in theaters, meaning widescreen. And as Eddie says, in a few years widescreen will be the norm even for ordinary television broadcasts, just as widescreen movies are the norm for most discriminating viewers right now.
John
You must be new to the site. It's been our philosophy since the introduction of DVDs some years ago to review only the original theatrical-release format of each film, wherever possible. We don't believe that the butchered-for-your-screen pan-and-scan "fullscreen" format is what the filmmakers intended, so we avoid them whenever possible. Usually, as you know, a pan-and-scan affair will only show about one-half to two-thirds of the widescreen picture, blown up to fit your screen.
This is not to suggest that we don't mention the availability of fullscreen, nor does it mean that all fullscreen formats are pan-and-scan renderings. Some 1.33:1 ratio fullscreen pictures are actually the original size of the camera negative from which a widescreen version was later matted for theatrical release. But if that's the case, we are sure to mention it. Even so, we still believe that we should review movies as they were seen in theaters, meaning widescreen. And as Eddie says, in a few years widescreen will be the norm even for ordinary television broadcasts, just as widescreen movies are the norm for most discriminating viewers right now.
John
Friday, December 5, 2003
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
Pan&Scan, or what is now known as fullscreen, is just plain evil. :@
Friday, December 5, 2003
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
You see, Tim, "full-screen" is technically a mis-applied term. If you want to see the "full-screen", then that should really mean "original aspect ratio"/"OAR" because you want to see the "full screen" of a movie image, right? However, most people are too lazy to know what the term "Pan&Scan" means...and they claim to love movies!!! Ugh.
Friday, December 5, 2003
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
Eddie makes a good point about a movie's "full" screen being its original aspect ratio as it was shown in theaters, usually some form of widescreen. However, most people, including the studios that release their movies on DVD, are currently using the term "fullscreen" to mean a format in which the image takes up all the space on a TV screen, regardless of its theatrical-release screen size.
Maybe if Eddie campaigns long enough, the studios will come to their senses and use a more appropriate term for what should commonly be called pan-and-scan. Until then, we'll have to live with "fullscreen" (which some of the studios have coined as a single word), whether it fits the reality of the situation or not.
John
Maybe if Eddie campaigns long enough, the studios will come to their senses and use a more appropriate term for what should commonly be called pan-and-scan. Until then, we'll have to live with "fullscreen" (which some of the studios have coined as a single word), whether it fits the reality of the situation or not.
John
Friday, December 5, 2003
Member since:
June 2003
June 2003
In any crusade against Pan and Scan, I will be there to help. Let this be the hour we draw swords together.
