Standard Play Movies

[jefferj16]

...Nice. I appreciate that, John. However, I think that people should be given an option as to how they want to see movies. Once again, while enjoying movies in the movie houses in the late 50s and early 60s, people could enjoy the widescreen experience without having to see "black bars." When the VHS and BETA formats existed in conjunction with VCRs, we experienced FULL screens. The dimensions of Flat Screen TVs SHOULD HAVE been made to accomodate ANY widescreen format WITHOUT black bars, just as was done in the movie houses.

I'm not saying to eliminate widescren in its original content, which is not obviously going to happen. All I am saying is to give people a choice of what they are use to, a FULL SCREEN EXPERIENCE or on the other hand, a WIDESCREEN experience, instead of ramming ONE down the throats of the people.

P.S.: The Blu Ray Association has also made darn sure that you cannot use the "ZOOM" function at 16:9, while using either HDMI or Component Video. By taking away these options, what message is being conveyed?

joe.