full screen vs letterbox...can't we agree on both

I feel I was one of millions who helped kill DIVX...why can't
we all agree to stop buying DVD's untill they put both formats on the
same DVD. It works very well and the studios know it. They just want
to sell the same DVD twice, when those of us that can't afford
widescreen buy one and then have to buy another DVD. The technology
is there as there are many 2-sided DVD's with both formats. Can't we
have both and please everyone? Just like the high price of CD's, the
coming of gold CD's, buying CD's when we had cassettes, buying
cassettes when we had LP's. They continue to rape us and we have the
club. STOP BUYING DVD'S UNTIL THEY PUT BOTH FORMATS ON ONE. I don't
care if it costs a few dollars more...money in the bank at a later
date. scott mitchell

Scott Mitchell

I agree with you as long as the only version available is the Original
Aspect Ratio when it comes to movies, and the intended aspect ratio for
released tv content. Remember that including both the original version and
the bastardized version on the same disk can potentially take up space that
could have been put to better use for extras....
"Scott Mitchell" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I feel I was one of millions who helped kill DIVX...why can't
> we all agree to stop buying DVD's untill they put both formats on the
> same DVD. It works very well and the studios know it. They just want
> to sell the same DVD twice, when those of us that can't afford
> widescreen buy one and then have to buy another DVD. The technology
> is there as there are many 2-sided DVD's with both formats. Can't we
> have both and please everyone? Just like the high price of CD's, the
> coming of gold CD's, buying CD's when we had cassettes, buying
> cassettes when we had LP's. They continue to rape us and we have the
> club. STOP BUYING DVD'S UNTIL THEY PUT BOTH FORMATS ON ONE. I don't
> care if it costs a few dollars more...money in the bank at a later
> date. scott mitchell

Biz

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:33:25 -0800, Scott Mitchell
<> Gave us:

> I feel I was one of millions who helped kill DIVX...why can't
>we all agree to stop buying DVD's untill they put both formats on the
>same DVD.

**** you, retard.

You ex-VHS rental interloping idiots know next to nothing about
films.

> It works very well and the studios know it.

No... it does not work worth a ****... at all. It cuts into my
video quality, my sound quality, and my extras. That doesn't even
mention the added cost. Again **** you.

> They just want
>to sell the same DVD twice, when those of us that can't afford
>widescreen buy one and then have to buy another DVD.

You're an idiot. Only IDIOTS buy fullscreen at all. Dig?

> The technology
>is there as there are many 2-sided DVD's with both formats.

And most of them are as ****ing lame as you are.

> Can't we
>have both and please everyone?

I'd say that all of the unsold FOOLscreen inventories of past film
releases would make that answer a resounding NO, dipshit.

> Just like the high price of CD's,

CDs were $20 each when they first came out. They got cheaper over
two decades of time. THEN, school aged adolescent twits hit t6he
internet, and we are left with rising CD prices and thieving retards
that think "It's all good" everywhere. Then on top of that, we have
to teach total twits like YOU why FOOLscreen is an abomination.

> the
>coming of gold CD's, buying CD's when we had cassettes, buying
>cassettes when we had LP's.

Yer an idiot.

> They continue to rape us and we have the
>club.

Yer an idiot. Go away.

> STOP BUYING DVD'S UNTIL THEY PUT BOTH FORMATS ON ONE.

**** you, retard. Go back to VHS you ****ing 20 IQ dolt!

> I don't
>care if it costs a few dollars more...money in the bank at a later
>date.

You take "retard" to a new low in backward thinking. You epitomize
the term.

DarkMatter

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:43:19 GMT, "Biz" <> Gave
us:

>I agree with you as long as the only version available is the Original
>Aspect Ratio when it comes to movies, and the intended aspect ratio for
>released tv content. Remember that including both the original version and
>the bastardized version on the same disk can potentially take up space that
>could have been put to better use for extras....


Said the top posting retarded twit.

The last sentence you wrote makes sense. The first sentence is
already how it is done in nearly every case except for the correctly
termed "bastardized versions". They're far more than a mere waste of
space. That wasted space means that I get a poor quality product
which is being touted as viable when it clearly is not.

It ain't worth a **** if space was wasted adding a chopped and
cropped version of the work. It falls below "art" at that point, and
falls into "retarded consumer wish abatement". And then the pieces of
**** don't sell out, so I KNOW that they increase the price of a
PROPER DVD work.

Learn how NOT to top post, you OUTHOUSE EXPRESS ****ing Usenet
RETARD!

DarkMatter

"Scott Mitchell" <> wrote in message
news:...
> STOP BUYING DVD'S UNTIL THEY PUT BOTH FORMATS ON ONE. I don't
> care if it costs a few dollars more...money in the bank at a later
> date.
No way. I do not need to spend the extra money because
I already have a 65 inch HDTV. Buy the widescreen DVD
regardless of your TV aspect ratio and watch the entire
movie, instead of just part of it.

Even a widescreen TV will have the black bars on many
movies, so you may as well get used to it.

Mark Jones

Scott Mitchell <> wrote:
> ...[The studios] just want to sell the same DVD twice, when those of us
> that can't afford widescreen buy one and then have to buy another DVD.

Who, exactly, "can't afford widescreen"? It hasn't been my experience
that widescreen DVDs generally cost any more than their cropped or
open-matte counterparts.

doug

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"Scott Mitchell" <> wrote in message
news:...
: I feel I was one of millions who helped kill DIVX...why can't
: we all agree to stop buying DVD's untill they put both formats on the
: same DVD. It works very well and the studios know it. They just want
: to sell the same DVD twice, when those of us that can't afford
: widescreen buy one and then have to buy another DVD. The technology
: is there as there are many 2-sided DVD's with both formats. Can't we
: have both and please everyone? Just like the high price of CD's, the
: coming of gold CD's, buying CD's when we had cassettes, buying
: cassettes when we had LP's. They continue to rape us and we have the
: club. STOP BUYING DVD'S UNTIL THEY PUT BOTH FORMATS ON ONE. I don't
: care if it costs a few dollars more...money in the bank at a later
: date. scott mitchell

================================
Sorry...........I usually REFUSE to buy DVDs that have both.

OAR is all that is necessary. You can watch widescreen on ANY TV.
==============================

Richard C.

Scott Mitchell wrote:
> I feel I was one of millions who helped kill DIVX...why can't
> we all agree to stop buying DVD's untill they put both formats on the
> same DVD. It works very well and the studios know it. They just want
> to sell the same DVD twice, when those of us that can't afford
> widescreen buy one and then have to buy another DVD.

Can't afford widescreen? Are you under the mistaken impression that you
need a widescreen tv to enjoy widescreen DVDs?

The technology
> is there as there are many 2-sided DVD's with both formats. Can't we
> have both and please everyone? Just like the high price of CD's, the
> coming of gold CD's, buying CD's when we had cassettes, buying
> cassettes when we had LP's. They continue to rape us and we have the
> club. STOP BUYING DVD'S UNTIL THEY PUT BOTH FORMATS ON ONE. I don't
> care if it costs a few dollars more...money in the bank at a later
> date. scott mitchell

No, we can't have both. It wastes space on the disc, degrading picture
quality. Pan and scan must be rubbed out until it's a vague memory,
something our grandkids won't believe people used to accept.

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Scott Mitchell <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> I feel I was one of millions who helped kill DIVX...why can't
> we all agree to stop buying DVD's untill they put both formats on the
> same DVD.

You are talking about aspect ratios not formats. DVD is the format.
Anyone who wants to have the P&S version of a film over the original
aspect ratio doesn't deserve to have a DVD player, IMHO. But I have no
control over how things get released.

> It works very well and the studios know it. They just want
> to sell the same DVD twice, when those of us that can't afford
> widescreen buy one and then have to buy another DVD.

What do you mean by "can't afford to buy widescreen?" Widescreen what?
Certainly you don't mean widescreen DVDs since there is no price
difference between a widescreen DVD and a fullscreen/P&S DVD.

> The technology
> is there as there are many 2-sided DVD's with both formats. Can't we
> have both and please everyone? Just like the high price of CD's, the
> coming of gold CD's, buying CD's when we had cassettes, buying
> cassettes when we had LP's. They continue to rape us and we have the
> club. STOP BUYING DVD'S UNTIL THEY PUT BOTH FORMATS ON ONE. I don't
> care if it costs a few dollars more...money in the bank at a later
> date. scott mitchell

I only care about the film being in its OAR. So if a DVD is released
that is not the OAR I ignore it. And I don't care about having a P&S
version on my discs if they are taking up space that could be used for
a DTS soundtrack or other extra features.

AFAIAC, it's not about choice, but about artistic integrity. If
everyone had widescreen TVs tomorrow no one would even consider buying
a P&S version of a film ever again.

Smaug69

Smaug69

Smaug69 <> wrote:

[snip]

: AFAIAC, it's not about choice, but about artistic integrity. If
: everyone had widescreen TVs tomorrow no one would even consider buying
: a P&S version of a film ever again.

Sadly 1.78:1 P&S versions of 2.35:1 films are starting to show up


/Lars
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....if I had a soul left to give"

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