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Of course I think we should continue to push the belief that Original Aspect Ratio is still best. Widescreen evangelism can cause 4:3 OAR content to get chopped and then you DO lose content. I've seen it happen, very sad...]]>Aug 25th 2005 1:33AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/http://Spanishwebs.info]]>Aug 25th 2005 5:43AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/
"It looks small" my mother would say whereby I would launch into a rant explaining the ratios and how you're seeing the whole movie this way, not just half. Regardless of how good a job I do explaining it they still can't figure out why the black bars are there.

"I paid for the whole TV" my dad will inevitably say grumbling about the black bars taking up space where there should be content.

"Did you pay for the whole movie?" is my typical response. Then I go home and watch the movie on my widescreen!]]>Aug 25th 2005 9:41AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/Aug 25th 2005 10:42AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/Aug 25th 2005 2:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/Aug 25th 2005 4:21PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/Sep 6th 2005 2:51PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/
I must confess though... It's a shame widescreen ever came into existance. Who looks at real life through 16:9 vision? 4:3 is closer to what we really see, (perhaps the round IMAX type screens are even more realistic but....) Widescreen was purely a money gimmick in the 50s because of people watching TV instead of going out to the movies. So we have it, and now I prefer it!
"Finding Nemo" had an interesting idea. It's made in widescreen, but if you choose fullscreen, they 'filled in' the black bars with more background scenes of the movie. In other words, full screen shows you more than widescreen! Good Idea!!!]]>Sep 6th 2005 5:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/Oct 20th 2005 3:06AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/24/wider-is-better/Oct 23rd 2005 2:31AM