4:3 or 16:9??

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  • nteglsh
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    • Jan 2006
    • 10

    4:3 or 16:9??

    what is your preffer ??

    I think 16:0 of course.. also becasue the subtitles in the lower-black part of the movie, and not on it.
  • drfsupercenter
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    • Oct 2005
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    #2
    Indeed, I like 16x9 also. My little sister is foolish enough to like fullscreen better, but when I buy her DVDs as gifts I always get the widescreen and say something like "beggars can't be choosers"

    16x9 preserves the way the film was shot in theaters, and there was even a page from StarWars.com about this - I will upload it later, as it is not there anymore. Pretty interesting.
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    • nteglsh
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      • Jan 2006
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      #3
      okay, can't wait for this =)

      did you agree with me because the subtitles thing ?

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      • drfsupercenter
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        • Oct 2005
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        #4
        Partially, but also because they don't cut the sides off. As soon as I find my saved websites I will upload. It even has picture comparisons!
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        • drfsupercenter
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          • Oct 2005
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          #5


          Found it online right after I uploaded it to my server. Oh well. That page (there are two - when you are done with the first page, click Next) is very well written, hope it influences some of you guys!
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          • nteglsh
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            • Jan 2006
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            #6
            very good article. I search more about this subject, and found very interesting information.

            BTW, I know it have nothing to do with this thread, but what the hell is this??


            paying for viewing a divx movie in my PERSONAL standalone-dvd??

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            • celtic_druid
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              • Dec 2005
              • 514

              #7
              Well it died, DVD didn't. I think that says something. But then they are trying to make sure that the next gen formats are about as restrictive. When will they learn that we as consumers don't want to pay for something just to have them dictate what we can do with it?

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              • drfsupercenter
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                • Oct 2005
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                #8
                Nonetheless, why would you want DivX unless you don't have a DVD burner? DivX has to be compressed, thus, loss of quality.

                I am sure that we would all agree that widescreen is the prevailing format, you can even prove it by going to Amazon.com and going to the top 100 DVD sales - widescreen movies are always better selling than fullscreen.
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                • celtic_druid
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                  • Dec 2005
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                  #9
                  DIVX used MPEG-2, same as DVD. You are confusing DivX with DIVX. Two completely different things. Besides MPEG-2 is a lossy compression, so there is still a loss of quality. Now if we were talking about buying DivX movies, then presumbably they would be encoded from some kind of high quality source, not DVD. So raw source-->MPEG-2 vs. raw source-->MPEG-4. Basically the same thing, although APS MPEG-4 should be able to hit the same quality at a lower bitrate.

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                  • drfsupercenter
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                    • Oct 2005
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                    #10
                    Hmmm... thought he meand DivX AVIs. Thanks for clearing that up!
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                    • chance_
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                      • Nov 2005
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                      #11
                      16:9 animorphic all the way baby! love it.

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                      • drfsupercenter
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                        • Oct 2005
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                        #12
                        Indeed!
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                        • Zero G
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                          • Jan 2006
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                          #13
                          I can't stand full frame. The only way to see the whole movie is widescreen format. Too much is lost in pan and scan.
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                          • drfsupercenter
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                            • Oct 2005
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                            #14
                            Indeed! Glad you all agree on this, would hate to have an outcast who likes full-screen
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                            • Raven386
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                              • Nov 2005
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                              #15
                              wow. i never knew how much of the movie gets cut on in fullscreen, im never buying another fullscreen DVD again. that article is very good too a must read! i just still cant get over how much of the movie you actually lose!
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