Store Wars

I remember when the OT first came out in 04. Stores where having a price war to get customers to buy the OT . I rememebr selling so many box sets (Tesco) i coulden't keep up lolz.

Do you remember when the OT first came out ?

On VHS? Yes. 😉

no dvd

Originally posted by coolmovies
no dvd

Yeah, I managed to get my hands on a poster advertisement to reserve the OT on DVD, one stand up display advertising the set, and a large display that physically held the first wave of DVDs.

cool got a pic ?

am talking about this one if you are confused

I have that one.

for some stupid reason, I bought the full screen version

Huh??? Why?

becouse the fullscreen version is a gold box. Are you guys gonna upgrade all your dvd collection to hi def ?

Well, that's a bit much. I have over 600 DVD's. But I recently saw regular DVD via a BluRay player on a Full HD tv and they hold up pretty well. So I'll continue collecting on Blu Ray, maybe get a few films also on DVD. Like SW, Blade Runner, the Kubrick films. But not all.

Originally posted by queeq
Huh??? Why?

Exactly

I think it had something to due with having a crappy 24" TV and didn't want to squint to see the imagine. At the time

Originally posted by coolmovies
cool got a pic ?

Of what ones?

Originally posted by JediRobin23
Exactly

I think it had something to due with having a crappy 24" TV and didn't want to squint to see the imagine. At the time

Bad call, even for a 4:3 tv. hehehe

Originally posted by queeq
Bad call, even for a 4:3 tv. hehehe

At the time I was deciding between full screen and widescreen...that was before I fully understood the vast benefits of WS, thankfully that's what I ended up getting.

Not that it matters anymore, as I now have an even newer edition after that...lol

Hehehe.

I already preferred WS when I had a very small 15" screen: the framing is so much better in its original, intended form. Plus, a smaller screen also meant it was sharper.

Originally posted by queeq
Hehehe.

I already preferred WS when I had a very small 15" screen: the framing is so much better in its original, intended form. Plus, a smaller screen also meant it was sharper.

True, WS is the way it's artist (Uncle George) intended his viewers so see it. How would we feel if we cropped the mona lisa or umm...other famous paintings I can't remember the names of? If you were to crop that Leonardo painting the first supper you wouldn't see everybody in it. It takes a lot away.

Plus, full screen's image has to be blown up resulting in a less sharp picture, as it is only 2/3 of the original area.

Ah no... that basically depends on the scan.

Originally posted by queeq
Ah no... that basically depends on the scan.

Meh, the image is still larger than it rightfully should be.

What alwalys bothered me was in ANH, when Luke was looking at the banthas with his binoculars and says "I dont see any sand people.....oh wait I can see one of them now"

Now, when I first seen star wars, it was in the THX re-release and it was full screen. I had no idea what Luke was talking about for the longest time cause there was no sand person. I never understood this until I saw the widescreen cause it cuts out the walking sand person in full screen.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who was annoyed by this