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Post by Popeye Doyle on Mar 23, 2017 9:33:04 GMT
Avoiding that "this film has been modified to fit your screen" crap. My, how things change.  |
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Post by Marv on Mar 23, 2017 9:54:17 GMT
I remember first having to make the choice between widescreen and full screen. What a decision.
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Post by Jonesy1 on Mar 23, 2017 9:59:25 GMT
I remember that shortly after widescreen VHS came out there was quite a market for widescreen CRT tv's, and they weren't cheap.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 15:12:49 GMT
I remember first discovering the joys of watching a movie in widescreen at home when I picked up a widescreen VHS of Ghost Busters. Since that one, like Die Hard, was shot in 2.35:1, I was amazed at how much of the picture was obscured when shown in fullscreen.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 15:16:31 GMT
I used to hate widscreen because of the dreaded "black bars".
I never understood it until I saw Star Wars in widescreen and I could actually see Chewie roaring at the end ceremony. In the pan & scan version, you could hear him but he was cut off the screen. That's when it hit me how much of the picture could be lost with the modified picture, and I only wanted widescreen movies after that.
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Post by deeznutz on Mar 23, 2017 15:17:25 GMT
Man there was no joy in moving a big old crt widescreen tv around, it's crazy how you can just walk around with a huge flatscreen under your arm nowadays. Agreed they were good when they came out tho.
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Post by deeznutz on Mar 23, 2017 16:28:05 GMT
There was a woman on Dr Phil show, she was an elite sex slave .Other people have come forward with this kind of thing. What does this have to do with widescreen television? |
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Post by rateater on Mar 23, 2017 16:31:59 GMT
i was in love with widescreen
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Post by izon on Mar 23, 2017 19:55:50 GMT
Call me crazy, but I actually don't mind Pan and Scan for the most part. I prefer something closer to the original aspect ratio, but I grew up watching loads of VHS tapes that were Pan and Scan on my old CRT tv. This was long before I was old enough to know that I was watching movies with large sections of the movie missing. I didn't mind standard widescreen (35mm), but I think the anamorphic widescreen releases (70mm) like Ben-Hur are almost unwatchable on VHS IMO, soooo much black bar.
Of course, I would never settle for a modern movie released in Pan and Scan, and if I'm going to buy a DVD/BD it's gotta be the original ratio, but I collect LaserDisc/VHS, and sometimes the Pan and Scan releases are actually better transfers, or have something else unique to that release which is cut from the widescreen version.
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Post by ck100 on Mar 23, 2017 20:15:43 GMT
I remember the Star Wars special editions coming out on VHS in widescreen format.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 21:26:15 GMT
Call me crazy, but I actually don't mind Pan and Scan for the most part. I prefer something closer to the original aspect ratio, but I grew up watching loads of VHS tapes that were Pan and Scan on my old CRT tv. This was long before I was old enough to know that I was watching movies with large sections of the movie missing. I didn't mind standard widescreen (35mm), but I think the anamorphic widescreen releases (70mm) like Ben-Hur are almost unwatchable on VHS IMO, soooo much black bar. Of course, I would never settle for a modern movie released in Pan and Scan, and if I'm going to buy a DVD/BD it's gotta be the original ratio, but I collect LaserDisc/VHS, and sometimes the Pan and Scan releases are actually better transfers, or have something else unique to that release which is cut from the widescreen version. Well, it is nostalgic for some old VHS movies as that's how I originally saw them. However, watching a Pan and Scan VHS isn't right unless you still have an old CRT TV to view it on. |
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