I'll tell you a secret about widescreen....

Posted by Shawnkara from spider-tf053.proxy.aol.com on February 17, 2001 at 01:51:06:

In Reply to: Which is better? Everyone's opinion wanted. posted by Indiana Eastwood on February 17, 2001 at 01:18:13:

: Which is better? Indy with a full screen...or widescreen. I have been watching the full screens my whole life. I bought the trilogy on normal a year ago, but should I buy widescreen too? Is it worth it? Thanks.

It's an over rated joke. I have both versions of 'Titanic'. It's said that standard crops the sides of the screen. But most people don't realize that widescreen crops the top and bottom. In one scene in 'Titanic' a character is holding a wine glass. In the standard version the entire glass is visible. In the widescreen the glass is cropped just below the rim. Since this revelation I have examined both versions of several films. Most films are nothing but cropped versions of the stanard format. I do not have the widescreen versions of the Indy films. But seeing as how Lucas doesn't give a crap about anything but 'Star Wars' I doublt any attention was given to bringing us the best possible versions of the Indy films.

Follow Ups:

• Cameron deliberately composes in 1.33:1 for TV (NM) Sean 09:20:03 2/17/2001 (4)
  • "Let me tell you something" has no clue. California Smith 10:28:03 2/17/2001 (3)
    • Gee, I guess I overlooked Star Trek.... (nm) Shawnkara 06:45:25 2/18/2001 (0)
    • Re: "Let me tell you something" has no clue. California Smith 10:34:41 2/17/2001 (1)
      • Pan and scan is one of my biggest pet peeves... JuggleEwok 11:06:35 2/17/2001 (0)
• Re: I'll tell you a secret about widescreen.... Rocky 08:37:25 2/17/2001 (0)
• Depends on what you're watching. DeWayne 07:56:05 2/17/2001 (0)

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