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

[Richelle Votaw]

GulPlum wrote:

> Not true. Super 35 exposes the full (roughly) 4:3 frame. Hence, as 
> per PS/SS, there is information above and below the widescreen 
> picture. What I found baffling about the PS/SS release was that the 
> fullscreen version did not consist of the full Super 35 picture, but 
> of a different sub-set of it, although there are exceptions (such as 
> Harry's letter).

Thanks for clearing that up for us. :)  Now, this may be a stupid question, but why can't they just release one double sided DVD?  With full screen on one side, widescreen on the other?  I bought a DVD a few weeks ago that was like that. (In fact, it was The Little Princess, not a brand new movie by any means, and a cheap one at that).  I suppose the point is to make us buy both versions and spend more money.  I haven't yet bought the widescreen for PS/SS, though I do have the fullscreen DVD and video. 

> P.S. Richelle - I see that our last two posts crossed. :-)

Well, you know what they say about great minds. :)

Richelle


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]