Talk:Full screen (cinema)

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[edit] Fullscreen DVDs and Widescreen TVs

With the advent of 1.78:1 television sets, as opposed to 1.33:1 ones, full-screen DVD versions of widescreen films are arguably obsolete, but some retailers (such as Wal-Mart) insists that full-screen (or 1.33:1) versions of films originally in widescreen be made available. If a full-screen DVD is played on a 1.78:1 television set, the image would be pillarboxed (thus having vertical black bars). If Blu-Ray becomes the standards, then full screen would definitely be obsolete. There will probably be no 1.33:1 Blu-Ray discs of films originally presented in widescreen. Decimus Tedius Regio Zanarukando 22:10, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Why would Blu-Ray preclude studios from releasing full screen versions? It would seem that widescreen TVs are the factor that will change things. Girolamo Savonarola 22:13, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

What is called "full screen version" in DVD format would be called "(pan and scan) 4:3 version" or "(pan and scan) 1.33:1 version" in Blu-Ray, because Blu-Ray discs are designed for widescreen TVs. 1.33:1 Blu-ray discs would feature pillarboxing. Decimus Tedius Regio Zanarukando 03:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

You're missing my point - the storage technology is ratio agnostic. It's the televisions which force the point. In any case, a 1.33 disc can be shown at full-width on a widescreen TV, which should (roughly) restore the original aspect ratio, assuming that the full screen process is open matte and not pan and scan. Girolamo Savonarola 06:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)