If it ONLY lists Widescreen, does it mean (that) DVD has NO Std. 4:3 TV display option?

I'm asking because I'm having a hard time locating a site that has
something like a chart that CLEARLY (eg) X's in the features
PAN-AND-SCAN _and_ WIDESCREEN so I might see which DVD's are
proprietary to just the one format alone. Obviously my preference
would be that they have both, but . . . since it'll be 15+ years
before I lay out another grand for a new TV, I'll have to bypass those
DVD's that are ONLY Widescreen.

Just can't tell which of them have BOTH (I hope that made sense heh
heh).

What I'm really looking for is a SITE, you see.

Anybody got a favorite (store, online DVD review, search engine,
database etc.) that actually has a CHART showing each retail DVD's
display options? Please PLEASE post it, because I'm afraid to start
shopping for my first DVD's without understanding fully what I am
purchasing.

Thanks!

Angel

 

I dunno...I've got a 4:3 TV and not only do I insist on widescreen DVD, but
I won't buy it unless it's anamorphic as well.


Rick.
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http://www.alienshore.com/seeking/

 

Curious Angel wrote on [30 Nov 2003 12:44:05 -0800]:

widescreen DVDs work just fine on your regular TV

get widescreen DVDs.

 

No matter how long it will be before you can buy a 16x9 digital TV,
you still want to buy anamorphic DVD's. Otherwise, you're going to
be awfully disapointed when viewing your "Pan-and-Scam" DVD's on your
set.

The site you really need to go to is this one:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/welcome.html


It will tell you why anamorphic widescreen DVD's are what you want.
No matter what kind of TV you have.

- Rutgar

 

: I'm asking because (snip)

What is it that you're asking? Your "subject" line was so long it got
cut, and you didn't re-state your question in the body of the message.

 

Not really involved in this thread but I thought I would drop my 2 cents
into the kiddie! I buy widescreen also exclusively simply because thats the
way it was meant to be seen! However, I do think many people (who knows
why) like Fool Screen! I actually prefer DVDs that have fool screen on one
side and widescreen on the other! Unfortunately not all movies are
available that way!

If I may vent allitte, this is the thing that pisses me off about
DeepDiscountDVD.com! Alot of there movie listings do not specify FS or WS,
so I always call in my orders and just tell them that I want all the dvds in
WS if available! I still get a couple FS editions here and there but, to me
at least, its not the end of the world!

Glenn

 

Glenn (SBfan2000) wrote on [Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:19:55 -0500]:

That should read "A lot of their"

 

Brilliant and inspired spelling correction post. I look forward to your
future input.

 

WHY?!

--
"Get rid of the Range Rover. You are not responsible for patrolling
Australia's Dingo Barrier Fence, nor do you work the Savannah, capturing
and tagging wildebeests."
--Michael J. Nelson

Grand Inquisitor
http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=Oost

 

Grand Inquisitor said

Yea, you might as well get the whole picture if you're paying for it. Pan and
scan is for free tv.

 

: I'm asking because I'm having a hard time locating a site that has
: something like a chart that CLEARLY (eg) X's in the features
: PAN-AND-SCAN _and_ WIDESCREEN so I might see which DVD's are
: proprietary to just the one format alone. Obviously my preference
: would be that they have both, but . . . since it'll be 15+ years
: before I lay out another grand for a new TV, I'll have to bypass those
: DVD's that are ONLY Widescreen.
:
: Just can't tell which of them have BOTH (I hope that made sense heh
: heh).
:
: What I'm really looking for is a SITE, you see.
:
: Anybody got a favorite (store, online DVD review, search engine,
: database etc.) that actually has a CHART showing each retail DVD's
: display options? Please PLEASE post it, because I'm afraid to start
: shopping for my first DVD's without understanding fully what I am
: purchasing.
:
: Thanks!
:
: Angel

=====================
4:3 is not standard for newer movies.
Virtually all of them are 1.85:1 or 2.35:1.
Cutting them to 4:3 destroys the movie.

Widescreen is the standard for newer TV shows as well as movies.
======================

 

you got the jsit so why deos it mettar?

 

: Glenn (SBfan2000) wrote on [Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:19:55 -0500]:
: > Alot of there movie listings do not specify FS or WS,
:
: That should read "A lot of their"

==========
and one does not put their two cents into a "kiddie".
At least I hope not..................

 

9 replies.

And not a one of you people can come up with even _1_ good site
listing DVD features?

tsk. pathetic.

 

: 9 replies.
:
: And not a one of you people can come up with even _1_ good site
: listing DVD features?
:
: tsk. pathetic.

=============
Wanting FS/P&S is pathetic.

Why would such a site be useful?

 

Curious Angel wrote on [1 Dec 2003 07:15:14 -0800]:

Yes... and your URL must have been accidentally deleted.

 

Wanting to see only 60% of the film is the pathetic part.

Rick.
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http://www.alienshore.com/seeking/

 

Your question was pathetic, you did not make it clear what you were asking.

 

Amen, sister.

--
"Get rid of the Range Rover. You are not responsible for patrolling
Australia's Dingo Barrier Fence, nor do you work the Savannah, capturing
and tagging wildebeests."
--Michael J. Nelson

Grand Inquisitor
http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=Oost

 

That's because no one really cares to help you buy bastardized
versions of films on DVD. You might as well buy abridged collections
of Shakespeare, Dickens and Poe.

If you go here:

http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/dvdlist.htm

and download the Excel spreadsheet version of the list, there is a
column which indicates whether the DVD is 4x3/P&S, 4x3 Letterbox(what
most people call widescreen) or 16x9 Anamorphic.

Smaug69