Huh. I always thought that in widescreen all it did was cut the picture in half so it <i>looks</i> wider but is only thinner. I see that's not the case. I would like to see it as tall as full screen but as wide as widescreen so I see everything without any bars. Why is it wider but thinner? You can see more horizontally but not virtically.
Originally posted by Superman Dan
Huh. I always thought that in widescreen all it did was cut the picture in half so it <i>looks</i> wider but is only thinner. I see that's not the case. I would like to see it as tall as full screen but as wide as widescreen so I see everything without any bars. Why is it wider but thinner? You can see more horizontally but not virtically.
In the theater the screen is wider than it is tall, that's why on a regular square tv you have the black bars at the top and bottom, and depending on the aspec ratio of the DVD there are still black bars at the top and bottom on widescreen tvs and sometimes not.
go here to see the major difference
http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/release/video/f20020925/indexp2.html
Originally posted by JKozzyFullscreen is lame.
Here's a little something I cooked up in a half hour:
Episode III Trailer: Fullscreen vs. WidescreenThis little video basically intercuts between the normal widescreen presentation and cropped versions of scenes from the trailer, which would more than likely look strikingly similar to that of a fullscreen DVD. Notice the people cut out, claustrophobic scenes, and less exciting battles.
For those of you that don't understand how to use Rapidshare:
scroll to the bottom and hit the "FREE" button.Then look at the bottom of the next screen. You will be given a download-ticket. In normally 60 seconds, you will get a link to the file. Wait the sixty seconds and download the video.
