I was under the impression that widescreen formatted DVD's are the original format seen in the theaters and that DVD's that say "formatted to fit your screen" are modified versions that have had pieces cut off of each side of the film so that you can fill your 4:3 TV without having a funny picture (i.e. less picture).
I rented a DVD where you could watch either version. The horizontal picture area was the same in both, which completely baffled me. Of course, when I say horizontal picture, I mean the picture content, not how much the screen is filled up. There was more vertical picture content in the standard version than the widescreen version (i.e. content like the tops of people's heads were cut off in the widescreen format). Thus, there was more total picture content in the fullscreen version. Is this normal? Can someone explain this? Thanks
tillitea
I rented a DVD where you could watch either version. The horizontal picture area was the same in both, which completely baffled me. Of course, when I say horizontal picture, I mean the picture content, not how much the screen is filled up. There was more vertical picture content in the standard version than the widescreen version (i.e. content like the tops of people's heads were cut off in the widescreen format). Thus, there was more total picture content in the fullscreen version. Is this normal? Can someone explain this? Thanks
tillitea
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