DVD: Fullscreen -v- widescreen

[joanne0012]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "GulPlum" <plumeski at y...> wrote:
> I made some comments last week comparing the two releases.
> 
> I've now made a web page with some pictures to illustrate what I was 
> talking about, which you folks who haven't decided which format to 
> buy might find interesting:
> 
> http://plum.cream.org/HP/dvd.htm
> 
> Comments welcome. ;-)

Thank you SO much for putting this together, what a great service!  

It's been my understanding that the "full screen" editions of movies are usually 
created by lopping off the sides of the wide-screen edition.  Without this 
comparison for HPPS, I might have automatically bought the wide-screen version, 
for fear of losing the sides of the images and getting nothing in exchange.  But 
now, I've decided to get the full-screen, since the wide-screen image would 
presumably be scaled-down in order to fit the full width of the image on the TV 
screen.

I guess it's safe to assume that the visuals for HPSS here in the US will be the 
same as for your copies of HPPS?