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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 12:53 AM
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Widescreen vs. Fullscreen

i know that the widescreen is the letterbox format, but is there any other differences? ie; better color or anything?


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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 01:03 AM
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nope ....
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 01:17 AM
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the real question is

fullscreen vs widescreen vs letterbox

i remember watching some dvds that have some screens wider than others (more screen cut off) :thinking:
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 01:27 AM
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No color difference or anything, but a lot gets cut off in full screen and you miss some important stuff sometimes. In full screen you don't see the movie as the director intended it and the quality just goes to crap.
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 01:41 AM
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so you recomend teh widescreen eh?
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 06:27 AM
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:werd: What Timmy said..
Wide screen.. you basically see it how it was in the theatres... nothing is missing...
full screen... the sides are, basically.. cut off...
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 06:36 AM
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widescreen>*

unless its super ultra widescreen, if you watched MadTV with will sasso as steven seagal:chuckles:

the screen is really small vertically and horizontally it stretches across three room where he just breaks everyone's neck
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 08:48 AM
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Originally posted by LocaL raCer
so you recomend teh widescreen eh?
always. i never buy any fullscreen dvd.
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 10:53 AM
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widescreen format is the god of DVD viewing (along with an awesome home theater system )
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 11:07 AM
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No. Fullscreen if you have a 4:3 TV and if you own a 16:9 TV buy your DVD movies in Widescreen.
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