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Why dont they put a pan &scan version of every disney DVD? The only one I have is the Limited Edition Mulan DVD which also has a version.

Does anyone know if the 2-Disc has a Full frame one as well? Im getting the R4 one and thinking if I should get rid of my Ltd Edition.

kaspa_lee wrote:Does anyone know if the 2-Disc has a Full frame one as well? Im getting the R4 one and thinking if I should get rid of my Ltd Edition.

Nope, it doesn't.

kaspa_lee wrote:Why dont they put a pan &scan version of every disney DVD?

Well, it's pretty much a waste of space, and if the tiny black bars are that annoying, you can always either lie to your DVD player and say you have a 16 x 9 TV (so that the image will stretch to fill your screen), and many players have a zoom feature that will crop in until the sides (and black bars are gone). It may neither pan nor scan, but it can resemble fullscreen.

I think I can understand (though not really appreciate) complaints about not having fullscreen versions of 2.35:1 films. When I watch movies on my 17" computer monitor, the picture can be pretty small. But I never think, "Boy, I wish I could cut off the sides and make it things bigger!" When you're dealing with 1.66:1 - 1.85:1 material, the bars are just the same as they are in many commercials, music videos, television programs, etc.

Wizzer, that is not the offensive cover that they are selling on eBay. You will know when you see it.

People who think they are missing picture when they see black bars are totally mistaken. What they have done is withdrawn the frame of the film and left a little space at the top and bottom of the screen, and rather than leave it white-screen so really get a headache, they put black-screen bars there. You are seeing the movie as you saw it in the theatre, corner to corner it is complete. Same with the 2:35.1 films. You see corner to corner the entire picture and the black bars are there to prevent you from internally combusting with the bright white light.

I am opposed highly to pan and scan because if you have a decent sound system, things happen when the scan is on the opposite side of the screen and you hear the sound but don't see what caused it until the scan comes back across to that area and usually the scene has changed by then.

Using your Zoom button is also wrong, then you cut off the sides of the film and miss the same stuff. Just calm down and tell yourself that this is the only way to watch a movie--in the original aspect ratio--if it is meant to be full screen it will be, if not, it should be widescreen. There is a difference between full screen and pan & scan........remember that.


Just a thought in passing.

Disney has started releasing VHS in widescren here in Brazil as well (The Lion King 1 1/2, Brother Bear). Probably they decided to not waist their time creating pan-and-scan transfers for the VHS and decided to use the same trasnfers from the DVDs.

I think what was being asked, but didn't seem to be what was answered was...

Certain videos, like Aladdin, say "formatted to fit your screen", on the back of the box. This is suppose to mean that the movie is Full Screen 1:33:1. However, I believe what PatJK910 was saying, was that these movies were not the formated 1:33:1 versions as stated on the box. They were the WIDESCREEN versions, and I don't think PatJK910 wanted Widescreen Videos, which is perfectly fine.

To answer your question Pat, I'm not sure why Disney would do that, unless it was to trick people who don't like buying movies in widescreen to buy their videos...

If I misunderstood your question or any of the other members interpretations of your question, then I appologize.

Welcome to the forum...

you are right Prince Phillip about what you said.