[HPFGU-Movie] Widescreen is better! (was Re: Wide/full screen/ DVD players)

[Richelle Votaw]

> I beg to differ regarding the full vs. widescreen. You say that 
> widescreen "cuts off so much." This is not true. The film that is 
> used to make a movie has a 4x3 aspect ratio - this is the same aspect 
> ratio as a normal TV. When a movie is filmed in widescreen (such as 

I realize that the normal movies are shot for widescreen, i.e. theatre size screen.  However, if you compare these pictures, you will find that something *is* cut off when you look at widescreen versus full screen.

Here's the link with comparision pictures:

http://plum.cream.org/HP/dvd.htm

I think this is GulPlum's site?

Richelle


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