Getting a widescreen tv, dvd suggestions.... (1 Viewer)

[todd s]

I have a 52" 4x3 rptv. In a week or two I will have a Toshiba 65"WS rptv. I was looking for suggestions of which dvd's will look the best on the new set?

Thanks!

 

[Patrick McCart]

North By Northwest
Doctor Zhivago
Superman: The Movie
Moulin Rouge!
Shadow of the Vampire (has some DELIBERATE print flaws, so don't let that discourage)
The Elephant Man
UHF
The Fellowship of the Ring
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist

 

[greg_t]

The Rock: Criterion Collection: Incredible transfer!
Sleepy Hollow
Toy Story 2
Blade 2: In two weeks!!

 

[Bruce Hedtke]

Todd,
One of the great things about DVD is that there are few titles out there that don't look good. Recent film or not, the level of quality continues to improve and alot of older films are just fantastic, such as North by Northwest or The Hustler. Picking a few specific titles is almost pointless-they all seem to look great.
Bruce

 

[oscar_merkx]

gotta agree with the above post, just buy one at at time and enjoy.
Both NXNW & The Hustler look absolutely gorgeous.

 

[David Lambert]

Fellow TV-on-DVD enjoyer, may I suggest:
Heavy Gear
Smallville
Sopranos
Stargate SG-1
V and V: The Final Battle
X-Files (the latest releases)

 

[Andrew W]

Just be obsessive about buy 16x9 enhance OAR and you will be greatly pleased with most that is available.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

The Fifth Element

 

[Gabe D]

Tarzan (the Disney cartoon) is unbelievable.
Toy Story 2 is great.
Swordfish is good.
Any Given Sunday is good.

 

[Neil Joseph]

One thing I can say is buy the Monster's Inc disk coming out in the next couple of weeks. Other than that I can recommend...

- Shrek
- The Fifth Element (2.35:1)
- Gladiator (2.35:1)
- Tarzan
- T2
- Toy Story UTB
- Vertical Limit SB

 

[Qui-Gon John]

Just be obsessive about buy 16x9 enhance OAR and you will be greatly pleased with most that is available.

I strongly agree. We all need to do our part to get the studios to stop releasing not only P&S (which I don't think we'll be able to do), but also non-anamorphic letterbox (something we may be able to do). There's just no point anymore for a studio to put out a WS DVD and not Enhance it for 16x9 TV's.

 

[Mark Zimmer]

Fantasia 2000 looks fabulous in 16:9

 

[Lew Crippen]

Criterion version of Juliet of the Spirits will show off both the widescreen format and the new set’s ability to display colors as well.

Ghostbusters would also be a very good choice, as it has action and detail from one end of the screen to the other.