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View Poll Results: do you choose letterbox or full screen on a DVD, when given the choice?
Always letterbox. 24 80.00%
Always full screen. 3 10.00%
Depends on how big screen is. 2 6.67%
What's a DVD? 1 3.33%
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Old April 30th, 2002, 04:26 AM
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Letterbox or full screen?

I'm interested in what people do in this situation.

I always choose letterbox when given the choice. I feel like I'm depriving myself of the full artistic vision when I choose full screen.
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Old April 30th, 2002, 07:01 AM
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In OS X you multitask...
I posted here yasterday while watching BraveHeart(just bought it) in a half-sized window in the bottom right corner...

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Old April 30th, 2002, 08:38 AM
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well, I have a Cinema Display, so the answer should be quite clear
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... and I have a PowerBook G4. Take a wild guess as to what I prefer, so I can see it all...
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well, I have a Cinema Display, so the answer should be quite clear
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... and I have a PowerBook G4. Take a wild guess as to what I prefer, so I can see it all...
i hate you guys... lol... just kidding....
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Old April 30th, 2002, 03:28 PM
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lol, ulrik

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On a more serious note, I too, appeciate the artistic purty of having something in widescreen format. I have noticed that sometimes, when movies are "formatted to fit your TV," that during (what are supposed to be) static shots, they sometimes make it pan accross, making it appear artificial and even sometimes jittery.
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iMac LCD screen here... can't STAND letterbox. Sure, you miss a bit, but having it fill the screen looks so much better to me.
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