Why buy a widescreen t.v.?

Question

Most widescreen t.v. don't even support widescreen shows/movies. And don't tell me they do. My aunt and uncle have new widescreen t.v. and nothing in widescreen fits it.

What's the point of wide screen? Yh, yh, it shows you more.... of the sides, but it cuts off the tops. (i've seen the diagrams) But what's the point? You have to go out and buy yourself a brand new t.v. so these widescreen shows/movies can look better, and then you find out they look worse than before. And then you have to find a movie that fits your t.v. in order for it to possibly work.

It was so much simpler with fullscreen. And don't go and tell me that it's not simpler. Or don't tell me that our eyes are side by side, so it makes more sense, cause it doesn't. We don't go around with bars on the top and bottom of our eyes(don't be sarcastic and say eye lids).

Answer 1

The best thing to fix the widescreen dvd problem is making sure your tv and dvd player aspect ratio settings are correct.  Most people know about the aspect ratio settin on their tv's but dont know the dvd player also has one.  dvd players come set as 4:3 out of the package but must be changed to 16:9 to take advantage of the screen.  I'm sure the people on your dvds have seem a little shorter and pudgier.  

Other then that the lines on the top and bottom of your screen are only controlled by the director and how he wants you to see the movie.  I think its stupid that lord of the rings only uses 70% of the screen cause who ever the director is wanted it.  but for movies where the director isnt a moron wide screen can be more enjoyable only because you get a lil more ingulfed with the screen and a "wider" perspective of what is going on.

I dont blame you if you don't like the widescreen, but after having one for a while, I wouldn't watch a movie any other way.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

You use the phrase "And don't tell me they do" in your "question" twice. It's really nice that you are keeping such an "open mind" about this.

LOL!!

Frankly, I don't care WHAT you believe or if you ever get a wide screen TV.

Your very first sentence, "Most wide screen t.v. don't even support wide screen shows/movies" is simply wrong. All I can guess is that you meant to say "most wide screen tvs don't even show wide screen shows/movies".

Well, duhhh! You have to have a high def source source as satellite, cable, or over the air.

The simple answer is that most movies are shot in wide screen, so why not see the entire movie?  Since the TV system was being re engineered to handled high def, why not improve the field of view of what you are watching too.