Best place to buy DVD's?

cak · Post by **cak** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 8:33 pm

Were's everyone go to get them cheap? Might buy a DVD player, all my friends have one but I hate that freakin gap at the top and bottom. Thats why i never got one.

blade · Post by **blade** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 9:01 pm

Gap at the top and bottom? That's the only way to watch a movie.

Otherwise you watch a pan and scan version and you always miss things. That is the way the movie was originally intended and shot. Widescreen is the best.

Go here
http://www.dvdtalk.com/bargain.html
Click on the coupon links and check out their bargains forum. At times there are some killer deals. Some of the best have been $10 off at bigstar and 50% off at checkout. But deals like that might be over, althought there's always some good ones around. And sometimes Best Buy or Circuit City have some on sale for good prices too.

York1 · Post by **York1** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 9:20 pm

Ewwwwwwww wide screen sucks butt
Tho not all DVD movies are wide screen
I love my DVD player

Ladies Man · Post by **Ladies Man** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 9:26 pm

wide screen is the best... you just need a wide screen hdtv that's all

cak · Post by **cak** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 11:04 pm

Oh yeah, buy a $1000 TV to play a $15 DVD lol

I think i'll wait on getting one, a 2 inch gap at top and bottom is way too much for me. IF they were smart, they would do like sony does with their TV's and it fills the whole screen without cutting any off.

Ladies Man · Post by **Ladies Man** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 12:03 am

still cuts out stuff
unless you wanna look at it all smushed and not be able to see what the hell is going on

Bellz · Post by **Bellz** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 12:16 am

To find the best online prices on DVD's...go to <a href="http://dvdpricesearch.com/">DVD Price Search.</a>
Widescreen is best.

cak · Post by **cak** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 12:17 am

Rather have the cutoff then the gap personally.

Koo Koo Mouse · Post by **Koo Koo Mouse** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 12:18 am

No No Hell NO!!! It does not cut off anything. The idea here is NOT to cut off anything. Id explain but musch too tierd....

succubiss · Post by **succubiss** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 5:04 am

sorry chris, i have to jump on the widescreen bandwagon.

Full screen or "pan and scan" has traditionally robbed us of sometimes up to 1/3rd of the movie. when they say, "this movie has been formatted to fit your screen", that means the editor has gone through the whole movie and panned across the full length movie and cropped the section he thought was vital to each scene.

traditional movies are filmed either usually in 1.85:1 ration (or 16:9). Our traditional tvs are 4:3 unfortunately, so the editor is forced to cut out parts of the film. its really a travesty. Once you get used to widescreen, you can never go back!

Reg Kmet · Post by **Reg Kmet** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 5:41 am

im a widescreen diehard! even watchin DTV, i always watch the widescreen movies! dude if yo ulookin for deals on dvd's talk to nexus 7, he the man!

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Sun Jan 14, 2001 10:34 pm

Hell I was watching Widescreen film on video when I had a 14" portable TV....

Now I got a 32" widescreen monster and I wouldn't change it for the world...

Widescreen is the future.....just give in to it...you know you want too....

trilobyte · Post by **trilobyte** » Mon Jan 15, 2001 12:50 am

DVDEmpire is where I go....sometimes a little expensive but a great place to buy porn DVDs and movie DVDs at once

cak · Post by **cak** » Mon Jan 15, 2001 6:07 am

I dunno, i watch dvd's at my friends house all the time and he always make's me leave cause i bitch too much about the gap. I get the whole "as the director intended" thing but TV's that support it arn't main stream yet. I just think it's such a waste to have a 36" and only get to use *maybe* 30", i swear it's less then that. I'll probably buy a cheap one so if i ever get pissed and throw it in the street i won't be out much. I was gonan get teh APEX one so at least i can play MP3's if all else fails and its not too expensive($170?). Saw a samsung for $89 somewere too.

Trilobyte, thanks for the tip lol.

MegaVectra · Post by **MegaVectra** » Mon Jan 15, 2001 6:14 am

I'm getting to the point where if it's not widescreen I will not rent or watch it. I don't even own a VCR anymore.