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  1. Lecagr

    Watching movies letterbox/wrong aspect ratios.

    I'm a fan of the Bowery Boys movies and I have my own collection of the complete run of the series, all of the movies are full screen presentations which is what I prefer because I watch on a CRT TV. Many of the movies are full screen airings that I recorded back in the 1980's from WGN TV in...
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    Watching movies letterbox/wrong aspect ratios.

    I receive Turner Classic Movies, otherwise known as TCM, through Spectrum Cable. Recently, TCM became TCMHD and ever since the change occurred, movies that used to run in fullscreen on TCM are now windowboxed with the black borders all the way around.
  3. Lecagr

    Watching movies letterbox/wrong aspect ratios.

    I currently have four CRT TV's that are in working order. Hopefully they will continue working for several years more. I had a nice 21 inch Sony Trinitron set but it quit on me a few years ago, the picture went bad. I figure no chance of getting it repaired because no one can or wants to work on...
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    Watching movies letterbox/wrong aspect ratios.

    I think what it comes down to is, while I am still watching on a CRT TV I prefer to have things in fullscreen. If at some point I get one of these modern TV's that are all the rave, I would probably have a different viewpoint about widescreen or pillarbox video formats.
  5. Lecagr

    Watching movies letterbox/wrong aspect ratios.

    I have DVD and VHS versions of American Graffiti, the DVD is widescreen formatted and the VHS is fullscreen formatted. Because I watch TV shows and movies on a CRT TV, I actually prefer the VHS version with the fullscreen presentation, I dislike widescreen with the black bars at the top and...
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