Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by David Aiken (A) on December 28, 2006 at 22:30:37

In Reply to: Watching old movies - a serious question posted by Victor Khomenko on December 28, 2006 at 14:56:07:

I have a 32" wide screen LCD and I watch in the 4:3 format. The bars don't bother me after a few minutes and I find the stretched proportions annoying on some material. A lot depends on whether there are strong geometric shapes like squares and circles in the picture which show up the stretch quite noticeably. If there aren't any such shapes and most of the actors are on the thin side, the stretch may not be all that noticeable a lot of the time but it usually gets to me at some stage. I automatically switch to the 4:3 proportions if I know the film is in that format or immediately I notice a problem.

I have to admit, though, that there are those who think I'm anal on a lot of things and they may well believe that of me on this matter. There is a chance that they are right :-)

David Aiken