[Publib] DVD Widescreen vs. Full screen, Which?

[Felicia Cheney]

Well, maybe this is a case of "it depends."  Who are your patrons?  If you
live in an area where people are unlikely to have big screen tv's, maybe you
should get full screen.  If you live in an area, where there are a lot of
cinema buffs, they may demand wide-screen.  Why not ask your clientele?  
 
 

Felicia Cheney, Director 
Edgartown Free Public Library 
508-627-4221 


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On Behalf Of James Casey
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 4:56 PM
To: Prospective Librarian
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Subject: RE: [Publib] DVD Widescreen vs. Full screen, Which?


The price tag for a "new and improved" TV set is likely to be triple or more
expensive than it was some 3 or 4 years ago.  We're not talking about 20
years or even 10 years ago.  Also, most of the DVDs mastered before the past
two years were only moderately cropped --- 2" off the top and bottom.  With
the slashing of 5" off the top and bottom in more recent movie releases,
viewers on "old fashioned" TV sets lose some 50% of the screen.  These folks
are being muscled into the big expense that can amount to more than a week's
salary for many low income people.  
Salaries have not generally kept pace with prices in many areas. 
 
James B. Casey -- My own views.
 

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From: Prospective Librarian [mailto:prospectivelibrarian at gmail.com]
Sent: Mon 7/30/2007 3:44 PM
To: James Casey
Cc: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Publib] DVD Widescreen vs. Full screen, Which?


Whether or not you don't like to see technology move forward (and really,
comparing $300 to $300 20 years ago is not a fair comparison because of that
little thing called "inflation"), could you at least admit that the "profit
motive" has nothing to do with the fact that some people prefer to watch a
non-butchered movie? 

Do you also decry the profit motive when people wish to listen to unabridged
books on tape?


On 7/30/07, James Casey <  <mailto:jcasey at oaklawnlibrary.org>
jcasey at oaklawnlibrary.org> wrote: 

 "As low as $300?"  People who were used to paying considerably less than
$300 for a serviceable a color TV set and who were accustomed to seeing
regular TV broadcasts, movies on VHS from the 1980s through the 1990s and
dvds for most of the early part of the past 7 years (with only moderate
amounts of black space on the top and bottom - 2" or less) aren't happy at
the prospect of spending double or triple or more dollars for a TV set in
order to avoid the 5" off the top and bottom of the screen that causes many
home video viewers disappointment 






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