List of Fullscreen 16:9 1.66-1.85 Blu-rays

[Old Bones]

The only good "full screen movie" is one that was filmed that way.
"Pan & Scan" should be illegal IMO

[Blu Myers]

I'm a widescreen nut and have always preferred the director's original intent, whether it be black bars or not. I hate fullscreen (1:44...I don't mind 1:85). For me the bars just add to the cinematic experience.

[JamesKurtovich]

Fullscreen is only good when the film is being shot at the 1.7-something:1 ratio, like the IMAX scenes in TDK. I love it when a movie fills the screen, but I won't sacrifice the sides just to have it that way.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Fullscreen is only good when the film is being shot at the 1.7-something:1 ratio, like the IMAX scenes in TDK. I love it when a movie fills the screen, but I won't sacrifice the sides just to have it that way.

Actually, IMAX has an aspect ratio much closer to 1.33:1. For TDK, a LOT of picture was cropped from the top/bottom to get it to fit the 1.78:1 screen.

However, if they had maintained the IMAX aspect ratio, there would have been huge pillarboxing for those scenes and it would have looked absurd, cutting back and forth from heavy letterboxing to heavy pillarboxing.

Originally Posted by HDPlasma

This is not entirely true.

It has been found that the Full Screen release of Christmas Vacation shows some detail in the bottom middle which is now missing in the Widescreen blu-ray/DVD version.


Other titles may also have missing detail that is only available on Full screen releases.

Some times fullscreen releases skirt the director's intent and open the matte to show a 1.33:1 picture without relying on ugly "panning".

That doesn't make it better though. You're seeing things the director had no intention of you seeing.

[Siri]

Originally Posted by Old Bones

The only good "full screen movie" is one that was filmed that way.
"Pan & Scan" should be illegal IMO

I don't think I can agree more!

[Red Hood]

Originally Posted by Old Bones

"Pan & Scan" should be illegal IMO

[Blu-Benny]

yes, the black bars are your friend. what does it matter if you watch a movie in the dark, you won't see them anyway!!

i loved working @ best buy when customers would say "why are those black bars on the screen?? they are stupid. why would i pay for a 36" tv and not use the whole screen??" i'd then tell them that they were seeing the whole movie and it wouldn't take up the whole screen, i'd have a display set up on a tv showing widescreen vs. full screen and then ask them what they thought. no one ever had anything to say.

it was great.

[JamesKurtovich]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

yes, the black bars are your friend. what does it matter if you watch a movie in the dark, you won't see them anyway!!

On an OLED, yes. But on LCD or plasma... the black bars are obvious.

[AKORIS]

look for the aspect ratio of the release-- if it says 1:85 aspect ratio you
won't see black bars, if it says 2:35 aspect ratio you will have bars.

I'm happy either way-- I want the full (not to be confused with full screen)
picture but some movies are shot wider than others. A lot of great films are shot 2:35 so beware-- Star Wars series, Indiana Jones, most of the James
Bond films, etc etc

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

On an OLED, yes. But on LCD or plasma... the black bars are obvious.

i've been watching dvd's for so long, i don't even notice them anymore. it's become a way of life when watching movies. i didn't even notice the apect ratio change in The Dark Knight.

[Sussudio]

oh boy here we go again....