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Why do they still make DVDs in FULLSCREEN? A rant.
Ledbetterus
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Seriously.. wtf! Who buys fullscreen stuff? Why make this crap? Call me picky, but i just can't watch a DVD in fullscreen if it's meant to be in widescreen.
"This film is different from the original, it has been formatted to fit your TV screen."
The shit even comes with a stupid disclaimer!
I bring this up because in the haze of holiday shopping I decided to get myself 'The Simpson Movie' today at Circuit City. Firstly, their "new" releases are in a cube-shaped shelf system in the middle of a high-traffic area. (In my store they're between the video games and the Verizon shop, which is about 7' of space with a 4' cube of movies in the middle.
So basically I found myself plowing through 10 people to get to the side with the movie on it.. I had to reach around a mother who was carrying her child and talking on a cell phone to grab the movie. I even thought as I grabbed it "I wonder if there are two versions, full/widescreen, NAA they don't make fullscreen anymore." Plus there was only one row of movies (that I saw), so I figured all were the same.
I got home, wrapped some crap, got a beer, popped in the movie and BOOM, hello disclaimer! So basically I won't watch it. $15 well spent I must say.
I guess it's overall my fault for being impatient, but hell, why are they still producing DVDs in fullscreen at all? I have a widescreen TV now, but even when I didn't I was still buying the widescreen versions.
/rant off
"This film is different from the original, it has been formatted to fit your TV screen."
The shit even comes with a stupid disclaimer!
I bring this up because in the haze of holiday shopping I decided to get myself 'The Simpson Movie' today at Circuit City. Firstly, their "new" releases are in a cube-shaped shelf system in the middle of a high-traffic area. (In my store they're between the video games and the Verizon shop, which is about 7' of space with a 4' cube of movies in the middle.
So basically I found myself plowing through 10 people to get to the side with the movie on it.. I had to reach around a mother who was carrying her child and talking on a cell phone to grab the movie. I even thought as I grabbed it "I wonder if there are two versions, full/widescreen, NAA they don't make fullscreen anymore." Plus there was only one row of movies (that I saw), so I figured all were the same.
I got home, wrapped some crap, got a beer, popped in the movie and BOOM, hello disclaimer! So basically I won't watch it. $15 well spent I must say.
I guess it's overall my fault for being impatient, but hell, why are they still producing DVDs in fullscreen at all? I have a widescreen TV now, but even when I didn't I was still buying the widescreen versions.
/rant off
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If I wanted my movies in old school format I'd pull out my BETA collection :P
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To answer your question, however, the majority of TVs in households today are still CRT full screen TVs.
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Exactly!!!
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How annoying are those???? :eek: Drives me NUTS!!!
My brother gets all, "It's got to be wide screen" :rolleyes: but I've sat there at his with his enormous penis extention of a tele and I can't keep up with all the bloody stuff that's happening on the wide screen anyway! Who needs it?
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me too, but i can totally understand why it can be a such a bummer if you've got widescreen but bought tape for fullscreen. oh well. i know that kinda problem wouldn't happen to me
I sold the movie for $3 less than I paid for it.
To the OP, take it to WalMart and see if they'll exchange it for you.
If no go on walmart, just wait it out and try to exchange it at a Blockbuster or used vid store (after it shows up for sale used)
There are a lot of people without widescreen TVs.
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I'd try and take it back like other people have said. I've done it once or twice myself and had no problems.
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No, I'm not talking about the two sided disc. It's a menu option within the DVD.
2) It's no one's fault but your own for buying the version you didn't want. If you're so pro-widescreen you would think that would be something you'd be 100% sure got when buying a movie.
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If you have time to read the title, you've time to check the format. Nobody'd be as understanding if you had said you came home and put on the simpsons and it was apocolypto :eek:
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
you can probly take it back and exchange it. i did that with a lotr movie i bought from target once.
Yeah, it can be a little "small" on a CRT, but it's still better then having a chopped up picture.
I have a 50" widescreen TV so widescreen is the the only option.
Give me what was original and how it was meant to be seen and heard.