Is it my imagination or is the current "trend" in dvd movies 2.35:1 and 2.40:1 more than it was a few years back? Here's why I ask, I had the Blockbuster Movie pass this last month and watched exactly 45 movies in the period that ended yesterday. Almost all new releases and almost every single one of them 2.35 or 2.40:1. Yet, let me pull one of my 400 dvd movies from my bookcase, most of which are 3 years old or older and many (seemingly most) of them are 1.78:1 or 1.85:1.
I bought a 32" Sony LCD a couple of weeks ago and one of the main reasons was that I was sick and tired of seeing the bars on my crt tv and wanted to fulfill my dream of one day owning a widescreen tv. I mean, I have been buying dvd movies since the year they came out only in widescreen just waiting for the day to come. Well, the day came and I still have black bars on the screen most of the time while watching dvds now. Sucks. LOL
I mean, it really is no big deal. I agree if the movie is good enough who's paying attention to something like that, but still...... Just kinda disappointed. Especially since it seems as though all the best movies use 2.35:1