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To: Borges
(Try watching Lawrence of Arabia or Ben Hur in full screen. I dare you! :-)

I already have and guess what if you don't know what you're missing You don't miss it Try watching Lord of the Rings in letter box on a 27" TV it sucks.I don't mind watching letterbox on some of my friends gigantic Home Theater systems but TV is just not a big enough part of my life to spend that much money on it.I resent the fact that many of these DVDs are almost unwatchable without a big screen and surround sound.

146 posted on 12/06/2004 1:42:34 PM PST by edchambers ("Pajama clad Neocon footsoldier of the Haliburton Death squad Digital brown shirts")
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To: edchambers

"I resent the fact that many of these DVDs are almost unwatchable without a big screen and surround sound."

But hey its like you stated earlier... that's what full frame VHS is for...


149 posted on 12/06/2004 1:44:53 PM PST by marajade
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To: edchambers

You have nailed my one complaint about letterboxing, and why it was not very big until the 90's. It looks terrible on a small screen.

Remember, until the Mitsubishi 30" tube that came out in the early eighties (I think) at a cost of over $3,500 when $7 an hour was pretty good money, 25" was "big." Not much letterbox back then.


154 posted on 12/06/2004 1:52:19 PM PST by RobRoy (Science is about "how." Christianity is about "why.")
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