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Our BetterMost Community => Chez Tremblay => Topic started by: littleguitar on April 04, 2006, 10:12:32 pm
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Hey everyone, I just read that some people are having problems with their widescreen DVDs, that the previews are widescreen but when the movie starts it moves to a distorted full screen... has anyone been having problems or can anyone confirm this? I'm don't want to open mine if it's going to be full screen, I want to be able to return it... ???
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Hey Mandy,
I was one of those people, but it's my tv I think. I was watching it on my 27 inch tv and the previews and special features were letterboxed, but the movie wasn't. I then put it on on the big screen tv and it WAS letterboxed. So....I guess it's my tv, but I don't get why part of the dvd would be letterboxed and part not on the same television....very strange.
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Nope I didn't have a problem......hmmm! Weird...
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I don't think it was just you Nicole, a lot of people over on TOB were having problems... anyway, I guess I'll have to just try it for myself and find out, at the moment I have 2 copies (long story...) so hopefully one will work! ::)
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Did you buy an extra just in case the first broke? ROFL.....thats what McK wanted me to do.... ;D
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ROFL no but I seriously wanted to do that because when I was actually holding it it just didn't seem real, and it had that cheesy made in mexico stamp on the back so I was all worried!
What happened is, I bought one at target this morning, then I read David's thread about his walmart trick and found out that best buy was giving out copies of the story to screenplay book for free. So I called best buy and they said they only had a few left and I live about 45 minutes from a best buy so I ran out and made sure i got one, but now I have 2 DVDs... oh well, I'll either return it or give it to someone!
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Hmmmm, mine was the opposite.
The menus, etc, play full screen and the movie itself is widescreen.
I don't get the two different covers!
The one I bought at Target this morning, the picture is in the middle surrounded by a border of silvery-grey.
Then at Hasting's and Borders, the poster covers the entire DVD cover!
I like that one better... Sigh...
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The one with the silver lining is part of the Focus Features 4 star collection
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Brandon I like your new avatar! Have a lot of people been telling you how cute you are? ;)
LOL, hope that wasn't too embarrassing...
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The one with the silver lining is part of the Focus Features 4 star collection
They both say 4-Star Collection actually....at least the ones here did...
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Yeah, I looked at them in each store and they both say four star collection.
WHY the two different covers????
Auuuuggggghhhhh!!!!!!
OK, someone say "Get a life!" ;D
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Get a life.....LOL
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Really? Ok I dunno I actually like the silver lining one better.
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Oh yeah Chris, where are your delicate breasts tonight? :D
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Really? Ok I dunno I actually like the silver lining one better.
Agreed....its classier lookin and it gives the kudos that Ang deserves....
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Oh yeah Chris, where are your delicate breasts tonight? :D
LMAO.....I put them away for the night.....
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On the main IMDB board, many posters who bought the widescreen version at Wal-mart actually got the Full Screen in the package.
This seems to be a Wal-Mart problem since no one is reporting the same from other retail outlets.
Strange......
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I'm getting mine from Target so that's good I guess.
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My DVD is letterboxed for the film and it works okay on the tiny TV I am using at the moment. When I saw the menus screen it was full screen on my TV.
When I popped it into my computer to check out how nice the screen captures I can take are the menu came in widescreen also! Bizarre! I'm wondering if it's possibly a player problem....not a DVD disc problem.
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Just got my widescreen version an hour ago. It works fine.
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On the main IMDB board, many posters who bought the widescreen version at Wal-mart actually got the Full Screen in the package.
This seems to be a Wal-Mart problem since no one is reporting the same from other retail outlets.
Strange......
Hmmm....weird!
I bought my Widescreen from Wal-Mart and it works fine......
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Hmm..I'm thinkin it is a player/tv problem then.
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It must be...