Re: Blu-ray may die off as well

I can just imagine the look on Mr. and Mrs. J6P's face when they finally do upgrade to a wide screen TV and pop in a DVD from their beloved Full-Screen collection of movies. Then they'll realize that "full screen" wasn't as full as they thought. Do I smell a class action lawsuit in the making? *kidding*

<sarcasm alert>Everyone here knows that this is just another Sony conspiracy, who pays the studios to release movies in alternate full-screen format. This way, by the time the J6Ps get their first HDTV, they'll be forced to double dip and replace those pan 'n' scan disks with Blu-ray!</sarcasm alert>

[Post edited by Skyhawk on Feb 24, 2008]

Actually, it is my understanding that many Kubrick films were actually shot with the intention of being widescreen, and were released in theatres in widescreen, but since they were shot with mattes, Kubrick had them released in open matte for broadcast and home video, so they wouldn't be butchered to fit standard TVs. The new special edition releases are actually in the director's intended aspect ratio. The Shining, for example, is now in 1.66:1. Sydney Pollack, on the other hand, did shoot some movies in full screen because he didn't want there to be any alterations made to his movies when they were broadcast. There's a special feature about that on The Interpreter that everyone who still thinks Full Screen is the better format should watch.

Skyhawk... your funny post ^above - great!

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)

is everyone aware of how many people do not have high speed? a lot more than you might think.
also, all human beings are, genetically, collectors. DLC cannot catch on until you can keep the movie, and also get some kind of insert.

Well I switched my netflixs from hd-dvd to blu-ray and I decided to try the netflix online video and wow. It looks nice on my hdtv. Sure its not as good as a high def media but getting it now is amasing.