Difference between fullscreen and widescreen edition

I don't stretch 's vertically, because to me then it looks too funny. I just live with the new version of letter box. Widescreen DVD movies are usually presented in the original aspect ratio that was shown in theaters. I prefer to see the entire image as originally shown, regardless of the aspect ratio, even if it means some letterboxing or pillar boxing on really old movies.

The term "full screen" used to exclusively mean "fills a screen". It was mostly applicable to feature films presented on television or on DVD , because movies have been "wider" than television shows for a very long time. I haven't seen the term "full screen" used in an HDTV context though not doubting that such a thing might exist -- it would be confusing though because then how would you know the difference between something edited to fit in a screen, which is what "full screen" has always meant, and something edited to fit in a screen?

Rather, I think the CE industry feels that that, in an HDTV context, broadcasters and discs should just show the OAR original aspect ratio and if people want to fill the screen seeing just part of the image , give them the control within their HDTV itself to do that, rather than force all viewers into the same choice. They wouldn't have made the film that wide if there wasn't important stuff happening on the sides, eh?

Of course, screen size matters. My 15" screen actually has a special setting I think it is not a typo. Essentially, it is a compromise between full letterboxing of a 2.

It is a debasement of the director's vision, just as colorization and content editing are. Widescreen is the only way to go, especially when you're shelling out twenty bucks for a DVD. Think of it this way: if you paid money to see a movie in the theater and a big black tarp was covering up half the screen, would you watch the movie happily or demand your money back? Surely you would not choose to watch a movie where you couldn't see half of it. Yet this is exactly what many people willingly choose to do when they purchase fullscreen DVDs.

So now you know. Choose wisely. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. All rights reserved About Us. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Note: Many early movies were never filmed in a widescreen format. Examples are "Gone with the Wind" and "Wizard of Oz".

Back then, the theater screens were not as wide as they are today, so the movies were never filmed any wider than that. Back to…. Fullscreen movies look bad on TVs. Instead of black bars on top and bottom with widescreen, they're on the sides, and it's much worse.

As I said, the human eyes naturally see "wide", so it obscenely looks as though something is missing. Most TV programs are shot in , or at least they used to be.

Some still are, but some now and more later are shot in an anamorphic ratio that almost fills the screen on a TV you might notice real small black bars and fills a widescreen TV perfectly. This format will probably take over. We could be looking at a future say, 5 years down the road where everything is simply widescreen, except for some "archaic" movies and TV sets.

Stanley Kubrick was known for shooting movies in Full Metal Jacket certainly is; as for the others, I think some are and some aren't. But if you have a wide TV, there's almost no getting around buying movies or TV shows in the format they were shot in - for those, you'll most likely have the choice to stretch them, or just watch them as intended. Posted at Email This BlogThis! Labels: Movies , Tech , TV.

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