Widescreen vs. Fullscreen?

Question

If I were to buy the fullscreen version of a movie (example, Harry Potter), would it cut of the top/bottom and/or sides that you would have on the widescreen version? Or is the fullscreen formatted so you get the same amount of picture on either fullscreen or widescreen?

Answer 1

If you buy fullscreen it will cut off portions of the film on the left and right. The bars on the widescreen edition don't cut anything off.



Widescreen shows the entire frame, fullscreen does not. Look at the website I provided and you'll see the difference.

Answer 2

Widescreen usually gives you more of the picture. It is just shown smaller and matted with black bars, so that you can see the entire image. Fullscreen usually blows up the picture and crops off the sides and occasionally the top and bottom. You want an example: Watch "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in both versions. If you were to watch a screen that says the "Quest for the Holy Grail" in full-screen, you will notice that the L has been removed from pan-and-scan. If you were to watch the exact movie in widescreen, that scence is left intact.

Answer 3

Buying the wide screen version of movies would be best because that is how it was ment to be shown in the theater. also the future of tv is headed to widescreens (i.e. a 16:9 aspect ratio) as the norm. So you might not have a widescreen tv right now but you will likely within the next couple of years as stations switch to HD in 08 and square tvs become obsolete.



Even tv shows being filmed in High Definition are at this ratio.



P.S. Movies with great graphics are a must veiw on widescreen

check out the link to get an idea of how the diffrent formats are made.

Hope this helps you.

Answer 4

Yes, the fullscreen version is formatted so you get less picture than the widescreen version.



The widescreen version of the movie is the original format that the movie was made in to be shown in theaters. When fullscreen version is produced to fit the ratio of your TV screen, they use techniques called "pan and scan" to crop a and focus on a section of the widescreen film.

Answer 5

it means the aspect ratio of the screen. A standard monitor, for historical reasons, is like a TV screen, with 4:3 aspect ratio. Common monitor resolutions like 800:600, 1024:768, 1600:1200 pixels means you have 4 pixels horizontally for each 3 pixels vertically... When seeing a movie in FullScreen in this resolutions you have 4:3 aspect ratio. If the film is being presented in 4:3 and if it is a WideScreen title, you will see black bars above and below the picture, just like in the LaserDisc times you did see on the TV. At theaters the movies are presented in general in 16:9 aspect ratio, and LaserDiscs and DVDs are in general released in this aspect... When LCD computer monitors came into play (and Plasma TV sets for that matter) manufacturers started to build monitors with that 16:9 aspect or sometimes 16:10, since DVD drivers for computers are now fairly common. And now when you see a 16:9 title in full screen you have the picture filling all the screen space. These are called WideScreen monitor, simply because the screen is wider... By the other side, if you see a standard 4:3 title in a WideScreen monitor... You will see bars at both sides of the image, or worse, the image is zoomed to fill the screen "properly". Times are changing, but this will still be a nighmare for times to come since there are plenty of stuff available in both formats... [Antonio Feitosa]

Answer 6

I think fullscreen is better..widescreen has those annoying black bars at the bottom. However, in widescreen you see a little more of the picture on the right and left side but it is so little that i dont think it is worth having the black bars at the bottom

Answer 7

If you go with the widescreen you get the entire cinematographers view of the movie--and you see everything the director wanted you to see. In a full screen you don't get that view--it is formatted to take the whole screen and you may miss some of the things placed there for your enjoyment....compare it to walking around without your peripheral vision...how messed up is that!

Answer 8

Wide-screen does have the black bars at the bottom and top, but the full-screen version will have the sides of the picture trimmed off to fit the screen. I have often seen action in movies that is on the side and would be lost in full-screen. The only time I would suggest getting full-screen is if you only have a small TV to play it on (smaller than 24 inches or so).

Answer 9

No, it does not cut anything off. If its widescreen then it will look a little wider but less tall, yes it is re-formated to fit your screen. It just kinda has a peice of the tv with nothing on it, but you'll still be able to see everything. And the fullscreen is just basicly like watching tv normelly.



[link=http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/kona20/Harryp.jpg]Heres[/link] what a wide screen would look like. (If the link dosnt work, go to- http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/kona20/Harryp.jpg )

Answer 10

Widescreen is much better!!! Especially if you have a widescreen tv!!!! It's full screen that gets cut off and you can't see the whole thing NOT WIDESCREEN!!!

Answer 11

Full screen means it takes up the whole screen. But I heard that you get more scenes with widescreen and it's more details.

Answer 12

Fullscreen plays the movie using your entire television screen and it is made to be formatted to fit for any television. Widescreen cuts off a little on the top and bottom because it are formatted for widescreen televisions but can play on normal televisions.

Answer 13

definitly fullscreen caus widescreen cuts some of the picture off.

Answer 14

nothing is cut off.

its formatted to fit any screen and any version

(widescreen or fullscreen)

Answer 15

No, full screen means the pictures takes up the whole screen. Widescreen has the pesky bars at the top and bottom.