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LUNCH · 03-27-2014, 05:03 PM

I prefer watching movies in their original format,except when it comes to very wide screen films. Movies filmed in Cinemascope are an extreme example,however even the widest format of other films are just to big and wide for TV screens. It would be better to show them with a little bit of the sides cut off.You'd hardly miss anything,and it would look better in my opinion. What do you think?

Sal · 03-28-2014, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LUNCH

I prefer watching movies in their original format,except when it comes to very wide screen films. Movies filmed in Cinemascope are an extreme example,however even the widest format of other films are just to big and wide for TV screens. It would be better to show them with a little bit of the sides cut off.You'd hardly miss anything,and it would look better in my opinion. What do you think?

It depends on where you live. If you are in Buffalo, your TV set would have a wide-right screen!

Dude111 · 03-30-2014, 04:14 AM

I most definetly prefer FULL SCREEN and that goes for WHATEVER IM WATCHING

king of comedy · 03-30-2014, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Dude111

I most definetly prefer FULL SCREEN and that goes for WHATEVER IM WATCHING

Me too.

Impressions · 03-30-2014, 05:29 PM

I prefer to have films and TV shows aired in the original aspect ratio. I hate TV channels that stretch 4:3 shows into 16:9 or 14:3 and then try to pass them off as high definition (The Hub HD).

Coffeecup · 03-30-2014, 09:21 PM

One night I fiddled around with my tv picture and fiddled so darn much that I had cut off the lower portion of the screen. Then I couldn't recall how to change it. Several days later, I finally I found another button on another remote and got the old size back. Then didn't like it so changed the screen with a full picture but square instead of rectangular. Then the other day bumped into a movie and the screen was darn small. Tv's are complicated. Then I spend an hour flipping channels and that wasn't a thing on that I wanted to see.

LUNCH · 03-31-2014, 11:47 AM

Yes,flatscreen TVs can be complicated. We still have regular TVs,I prefer them. If you ask me TV viewing used to be a lot better and more simple(often the 2 go together) when everything was fullscreen, before you had to worry about things like "aspect ratios",black bars on the sides of screens etc. etc.

Dude111 · 04-01-2014, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by LUNCH

We still have regular TVs,I prefer them.

Good for you..... Those are called CRTs and they are the best and always have been

comedyfreak · 04-01-2014, 01:20 PM

I've gotten use to watching wide screen and prefer it to full screen.

Tubehead · 04-02-2014, 11:26 AM

I remember when smallville aired on cw it was always in wide screen I don't like wide screen it all but I gotten used to it passed couple years. some wide screen movies aren't that bad I hate when they make the bottom top and sides wide screen that's what I hate about the wide screen some times I noticed that some of my shows got wide screen top bottom and sides.

ajgenard · 04-04-2014, 02:06 AM

Ehhh... as much as I pride myself in being a bit of an A/V snob, at the end of the day it turns out to be a toss-up. What it boils down to is the source material and how it was intended to be seen.

Most movies made after the early 50s and modern television material were designed to be seen in widescreen - and with the higher resolution that HD offers to boot. But the reality is that virtually all of our beloved classic television was designed for full screen CRT viewing. I find the framing is simply more pleasing to the eye when I don't have black bars at the sides to contend with. In a perfect world, I'd have the real estate in my tiny living room to have BOTH my bigger LCD TV as well as the Sony Trinitron CRT that I have in storage.

I agree with LUNCH - it used to be much simpler watching TV. I prefer the ignorance/carelessness we used to have in regards to aspect ratios and such. The only things to adjust were color, sharpness, vertical hold and a few others that made obvious sense. Nowadays most people don't even know what 90% of the functions on their TV do. Even people with an aptitude towards the technology have to read the manual to figure out what does what - largely due to these companies going nuts with meaningless proprietary names like DarkView©®™ for something as pedestrian as brightness control.

03-27-2014, 05:03 PM	#1
LUNCH Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 1,304	Very wide-screen movies don't look quite right on TV.What do you think? I prefer watching movies in their original format,except when it comes to very wide screen films. Movies filmed in Cinemascope are an extreme example,however even the widest format of other films are just to big and wide for TV screens. It would be better to show them with a little bit of the sides cut off.You'd hardly miss anything,and it would look better in my opinion. What do you think?
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04-02-2014, 11:26 AM	#10
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	wide screen on tv and dvds I remember when smallville aired on cw it was always in wide screen I don't like wide screen it all but I gotten used to it passed couple years. some wide screen movies aren't that bad I hate when they make the bottom top and sides wide screen that's what I hate about the wide screen some times I noticed that some of my shows got wide screen top bottom and sides.

03-30-2014, 04:14 AM	#3
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 36,742	I most definetly prefer FULL SCREEN and that goes for WHATEVER IM WATCHING

03-30-2014, 05:29 PM	#5
Impressions She died the way she lived Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 4,640	I prefer to have films and TV shows aired in the original aspect ratio. I hate TV channels that stretch 4:3 shows into 16:9 or 14:3 and then try to pass them off as high definition (The Hub HD).

03-30-2014, 09:21 PM	#6
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,183	One night I fiddled around with my tv picture and fiddled so darn much that I had cut off the lower portion of the screen. Then I couldn't recall how to change it. Several days later, I finally I found another button on another remote and got the old size back. Then didn't like it so changed the screen with a full picture but square instead of rectangular. Then the other day bumped into a movie and the screen was darn small. Tv's are complicated. Then I spend an hour flipping channels and that wasn't a thing on that I wanted to see.

03-31-2014, 11:47 AM	#7
LUNCH Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 1,304	Yes,flatscreen TVs can be complicated. We still have regular TVs,I prefer them. If you ask me TV viewing used to be a lot better and more simple(often the 2 go together) when everything was fullscreen, before you had to worry about things like "aspect ratios",black bars on the sides of screens etc. etc.

04-04-2014, 02:06 AM	#11
ajgenard Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 09, 2011 Location: PA Posts: 369	Ehhh... as much as I pride myself in being a bit of an A/V snob, at the end of the day it turns out to be a toss-up. What it boils down to is the source material and how it was intended to be seen. Most movies made after the early 50s and modern television material were designed to be seen in widescreen - and with the higher resolution that HD offers to boot. But the reality is that virtually all of our beloved classic television was designed for full screen CRT viewing. I find the framing is simply more pleasing to the eye when I don't have black bars at the sides to contend with. In a perfect world, I'd have the real estate in my tiny living room to have BOTH my bigger LCD TV as well as the Sony Trinitron CRT that I have in storage. I agree with LUNCH - it used to be much simpler watching TV. I prefer the ignorance/carelessness we used to have in regards to aspect ratios and such. The only things to adjust were color, sharpness, vertical hold and a few others that made obvious sense. Nowadays most people don't even know what 90% of the functions on their TV do. Even people with an aptitude towards the technology have to read the manual to figure out what does what - largely due to these companies going nuts with meaningless proprietary names like DarkView©®™ for something as pedestrian as brightness control.