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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 751694" data-attributes="member: 2525">I don't know why you are being so aggressive, but calling me ignorant when your beliefs are theory only, while mine are based on doing the actual experiment, is pretty rude.It isn't a "bootleg", it's my own copy from my own VHS tape, and it isn't a half-assed job.  I just wanted it in DVD (which is much easier to store) rather than VHS.But just to satisfy my own curiosity, I pulled out the original VHS tapes, and right now I have two identical size TVs set up in my den, with two VCRs.  On one is the Silver VHS version (widescreen), and on the other is the gold version (fullscreen).  They came out at the same time, and are the same exact versions with the exeception of the formatting. They are playing, right now, right in front of me, virtually perfectly synced up (there is about a third of a second difference in their playing...so the sound is echoing from one TV to the next - it's a bit odd).I wish my digital camera had a battery right now...I could post a picture of it (though pictures of Tv screens never look good).The loss is not 50%. It's not even 40%.  It's not just obvious to the eye, but I can actually measure with a tape measure on the screen the loss on each side, and divide that into the total distance across the screen.  It is about a 36% loss.In addition, it is easy to also spot the loss of detail you get by going to widescreen.  In the scene I am watching right now, little detail on R2D2's casing is lost on the widescreen, because it is so small (unless I move my chair much closer to the screen).  Those details are easily seen on the fullscreen version.Which would Lucas prefer I see of his movie, the details on R2D2, or the wall he built next to R2D2 right now that I cannot see on the fullscreen version? I don't know.  I suspect he would feel both are important, and would tell me to go see it in the theatre where it belongs, and quit watching two TV sets at the same time.My conclusions are based on facts. Actual measurements, and actually doing the experiment.  Yours are based on theory, not fact.  Do the experiment yourself, and you will find I am correct.</blockquote>

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