"the Black Bars At The Top And Bottom Of The Screen Are Normal" - Blu-ray Forum

pEgLeG · 05-31-2009, 08:26 PM

I'm sure this has been discussed, but I couldn't find it. I'm putting this in the 'off topic' because it's the irony of it that I'm pointing out.

I just think it's insanely funny that this is now announced on the cases of some movies. Or maybe it always has been and I'm just being a dumbass, in which case, at least I'll give you all a good laugh with my ignorance

But I never noticed it until I saw it on the back of The Foot Fist Way.

The thing I'm curious about is: In order for someone to wonder what the black bars are, they would've had to have only ever seen full-screen presentations of movies in home. Now, in order to have only ever seen full-screen presentations of movies, there are two possibilities:
#1 Haven't watched a movie in home since before wide-screen was made available.
#2 Have only ever rented or purchased the full-screen versions of movies.
Possibility #2 also has two possibilities:
#1 This has happened by pure luck. (The odds aren't in favor of this being likely)
#2 They have intentionally rented the full-screen version, and in order to do this they would still have to be aware of the existence of the wide-screen option and would likely know that there are black bars and that is why they choose the full-screen(for personal preference).

So are the people that are currently baffled (or at least have been within the last two-years) by the black bars just new to viewing movies in the home, or have they been renting/buying full-screen consistently by accident?

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05-31-2009, 08:26 PM	#1
pEgLeG Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Uranus Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:100 Blu-ray collection:795 DVD collection:46 iTunes collection:9 Trading Score:2	"the Black Bars At The Top And Bottom Of The Screen Are Normal" I'm sure this has been discussed, but I couldn't find it. I'm putting this in the 'off topic' because it's the irony of it that I'm pointing out. I just think it's insanely funny that this is *now* announced on the cases of some movies. Or maybe it always has been and I'm just being a dumbass, in which case, at least I'll give you all a good laugh with my ignorance But I never noticed it until I saw it on the back of The Foot Fist Way. The thing I'm curious about is: In order for someone to wonder what the black bars are, they would've had to have only ever seen full-screen presentations of movies in home. Now, in order to have only ever seen full-screen presentations of movies, there are two possibilities: #1 Haven't watched a movie in home since before wide-screen was made available. #2 Have only ever rented or purchased the full-screen versions of movies. Possibility #2 also has two possibilities: #1 This has happened by pure luck. (The odds aren't in favor of this being likely) #2 They have intentionally rented the full-screen version, and in order to do this they would still have to be aware of the existence of the wide-screen option and would likely know that there are black bars and that is why they choose the full-screen(for personal preference). So are the people that are currently baffled (or at least have been within the last two-years) by the black bars just new to viewing movies in the home, or have they been renting/buying full-screen consistently by accident?

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