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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 751135" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>I really think the widescreen folks are missing the point. And since I was repeatedly quoted out of context, I suspect at least a little intent behind it.</p><p></p><p>Look, the position for fullscreen is pretty clear I think for those who like it, but I will repeat it once again in an exagerated form so nobody misses the point.</p><p></p><p>Which would be better: 1) To look on a small painting from 100 feet away, or 2) to look on half of that painting from 1 foot away.</p><p></p><p>The answer is obvious to me: you cannot see any details of the painting from 100 feet away, and it would be better to see details from one foot away, even if you only see half the painting.</p><p></p><p>It is the same for us fullscreen folks, though less exagerated. We feel the loss of details inherant in widescreen, because everything on the screen gets smaller, is not worth it. At some point smaller details become unclear details, and eventually unseeable details for everyone. We have drawn that point with all movies (or at least most) because of the size of our TV, the distance we have to sit from the TV, our vision, or just the asthetics of a full screen.</p><p></p><p>And yes, I have compared the two systems, using the same movie, a few times. You really do lose less than 50% - far less - for every movie I tried. Perhaps there is some kind of compresion going on with fullscreen editions (like movie theatres use), and perhaps I just got a bad random sample (all I had was widescreen editions from friends to compare to the same fullscreen ones I had).</p><p></p><p>However, I took the case of star wars in particular - and y'all are not correct. I have an old VHS copy of A New Hope, and a DVD widescreen version - and it is NOT a 50% loss. FAR FAR from that. I don't know what you guys are talking about with that example. </p><p></p><p>In conclusion, we can both agree to disagree on this one - but please stop saying fullscreen people are all ignorant about what they are getting. It is a perfectly reasonable choice to use fullscreen versions rather than widescreen. It's just a matter of preference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 751135, member: 2525"] I really think the widescreen folks are missing the point. And since I was repeatedly quoted out of context, I suspect at least a little intent behind it. Look, the position for fullscreen is pretty clear I think for those who like it, but I will repeat it once again in an exagerated form so nobody misses the point. Which would be better: 1) To look on a small painting from 100 feet away, or 2) to look on half of that painting from 1 foot away. The answer is obvious to me: you cannot see any details of the painting from 100 feet away, and it would be better to see details from one foot away, even if you only see half the painting. It is the same for us fullscreen folks, though less exagerated. We feel the loss of details inherant in widescreen, because everything on the screen gets smaller, is not worth it. At some point smaller details become unclear details, and eventually unseeable details for everyone. We have drawn that point with all movies (or at least most) because of the size of our TV, the distance we have to sit from the TV, our vision, or just the asthetics of a full screen. And yes, I have compared the two systems, using the same movie, a few times. You really do lose less than 50% - far less - for every movie I tried. Perhaps there is some kind of compresion going on with fullscreen editions (like movie theatres use), and perhaps I just got a bad random sample (all I had was widescreen editions from friends to compare to the same fullscreen ones I had). However, I took the case of star wars in particular - and y'all are not correct. I have an old VHS copy of A New Hope, and a DVD widescreen version - and it is NOT a 50% loss. FAR FAR from that. I don't know what you guys are talking about with that example. In conclusion, we can both agree to disagree on this one - but please stop saying fullscreen people are all ignorant about what they are getting. It is a perfectly reasonable choice to use fullscreen versions rather than widescreen. It's just a matter of preference. [/QUOTE]
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