Electronics

[gadgetgal613]

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@moonandthestars wrote:

Hi,  Hope this is the right category for this question  I'm going to buy a dvd from amazon and I see this particular movie comes in full screen, wide screen and no mention of screen on the package.  Does it matter which one I choose?  what really is the difference?

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If you change the setting on your TV, it might make the movie slightly blurry.  Many people want to movie to fill the entire screen without any black bars on the top/bottom or sides.  It can distort the picture if you change it.  Some DVDs will have a message the format has been changed to fit the home TV better.  Having the black bars doesn't bother me but, some people don't like them. 

[gardenman]

Which is better? Tough to answer. It depends on the movie. Some/many older movies were shot in a more conventional squarer film format to be ultimately viewed on older TVs. Those films then got cropped (top and bottom blacked out) for theaters and letterboxed versions. You lose some of the original image that was shot when you watch the letterboxed versions. In later films, they're often shot in a widescreen format and when you buy the fullscreen version, they crop either side, so you lose some stuff there also. If you have a choice, a "director's cut" is often your best option. 

As to the remote and input issues, many newer TVs are really smart and do everything for you. My newest HDTV (still from 2017) knows what I want to do. If I turn on my DVD player, videogame console, Roku, it turns itself on ( if it wasn't already on) and adjusts to the right input without my having to do anything. It just reads the signal from the HDMI cable and knows what to do. It's very clever.