I don't understand why when i rent a movie it is usually in wide screen format,,i cant stand just having a strip of the movie across my tv,,i would much rather have the movie on the whole screen, wouldnt you?,,sheesh! Why do they do this.
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The widescreen format preserves the original aspect ratio of the theatrical release of the movie.\n\nAn aspect ratio is the width of the image divided by the height.  There are a few different formats in use, but they are usually about 2:1 in the theater.\n\nYour tv screen is too narrow to keep this ratio AND occupy the full height of the screen.  So you either have the unoccupied space at the top and bottom, or you have to crop off the sides.\n\nThe old terms are letterbox for the widescreen and pan-and-scan for the full screen version.  I bring this up because in order to allow you to see all that is going on in the frame when it is cropped, the screen will sometimes pan back and forth.  You can see this if you watch for it.\n\nThe widescreen, although smaller and a bit annoying, allows you to see the full frame as the director intended it to be seen.
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Dear Witch (who'd EVER say such a thing), you are 100% correct on the issue of immorality of copying THE DVDs. \n\n(For the benefit of mavsman from Korea and all like-minded): \nTHE TRUTH IS IT'S ILLEGAL TO COPY ANY PROPRIETARY WORK, EVEN FOR YOURSELF, AND CERTAINLY FOR FRIENDS (and who cares that you provide them free -- they're not yours to copy, let alone charge for.)\nI'm not impressed that you are a movie critic and film buff -- IF YOU WANT A FILM, DON'T STEAL IT, PAY FOR IT!!\n NOR IS IT YOUR CONCERN WHETHER THEY MAKE TONS OF MONEY ON A SMALL INVESTMENT -- IT'S THEIR PROPERTY, PERIOD,
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It's a really common thing. A player not playing a perticlure file. its because it doen't support the codec or doesn't have one to play. \n\nOne of the best players for movies i came across was VLC player it playes any format and any movie i have played. It even playes cloned cd file directly without actually mounting them its really cool.....\n\nThis is the site address visit it \nhttp://www.videolan.org/vlc/
505003
We use Netflix and thats about to stop.We started off with the 19.99 package and we got our movies in fairly quick for a while.So we upgraded to the 5 movie package.They are so slow now that we are getting the same amount of moves per month with the 5 movie package as the 3 movie package.Were moving on to Blockbuster,we havn't herd anything but good about them.Plus you can rent games!
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I guess because the theater has to have the release approved by the corporation the released the movie into its theater, and the corporation has to agree to letting it out on DVD, because the movie theater makes all of the money, more than on DVD. The theater gets nearly 12 dollars per person, plus $7.50 for kids, and if over a thousand people go to see that movie in one month, and there are twelve months in a year, you're looking at enough money to buy out MGM. But on DVD, most people already saw the movie, and might not want to see it again, so they don't but the DVD. But for those who did buy it, they're only wasting $19.99 or less. So, that is why it would take them so long. And also, some movies are so popular, that they are in release for a year, or maybe more, like the first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies. They were pretty darn popular. Or Titanic. Very popular.
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All I know is that I rent like 10-15 movies at a time.  Yeah, I'm like pretty much the biggest pimp in my hood.  All you other players that only rent 1-2 movies are weak and need to work on your games.\nPeace Out Bitches!
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The production companies have distributors in charge to send the movies to the theaters, for older movies you have to contact the depositories, yes they rent the movies in the 35mm format, normally 3 or 4 rolls per movie, for what you have in mind, I would contact the production companies, they control all these activities, you know Universal and so on, luck...☺
41582
Why? They beat VHS hands down! I don't know what you're saying about them skipping; I take care of my DVD's and don't have that problem. Try to fast-forward or rewind that fast with a VHS tape, no dice; and fast-forward, rewind, or pause a DVD, and look ma, no lines! Plus there's the convenience of (with most DVD's) having a nice menu to choose from, and many more special features than you could ever fit on a VHS tape. Add to that never having to rewind a DVD when you're done, and the fact that every time you view/rewind a VHS tape the quality goes down, unlike DVD, and you truly have a remarkable thing.\n\nI have the problem you mentioned of having to sit through previews, but only for one movie, one that I think came from somewhere like Pizza Hut, or something. But you'd expect that one to be cheaply done; It was called Trial and Error, and it sucked anyway! Except for that one DVD, I never have the problem, however, and I have at least 400 DVD's in my collection, counting various box sets. If fast-forwarding doesn't work, try the forward skip button; if the previews are before you get to the DVD menu then you can also try hitting the Menu button on your remote.\n\nThat's all I can think of!\n\nEDIT: Someguy 29 brought up an interesting thought... what if it's your DVD player that's causing the trouble? What brand and model did you get? Was it a cheap player, or is it a good one, but you've had it for a LONG time? Have you taken care of your player? Have you maybe tried cleaning it w/one of those disc player cleaners? You might want to look into that before you try it, if you haven't; I'm not sure if DVD players are too sensitive to try to clean. \n\nSeveral years ago, I had a Panasonic DVD player that I believe I spent $200 on and it started messing up, not playing DVD's right, sometimes they would totally hang up and I even had a fight w/the player trying to get the disc out. Then I asked my Dad to check for me, because he has a subscription to Consumer Reports, online to find the cheapest DVD player of what they recommended was best. By using that, I got my current DVD player: a Toshiba 2900. \n\nI have had no problem whatsoever with it, except one that is a problem with some player brands: Some DVD's you try to play it gives a message, saying error, and "ROM_WRITE_START." This, according to a friend of mine, means the player thinks the DVD disc is an upgrade and is trying unsuccessfully to install it. But this is only a minor problem; this is only for ONE of my over 400-DVD collection (the anime film Perfect Blue), all others work perfectly fine. The film will work perfectly in my computer, and I may even be able to contact the Toshiba company and see if they have a solution.\n\nIf you find out it's a bad idea to clean your player, or you clean it and that doesn't work, then I'd suggest one of two things: 1) If you don't have it, try to contact a friend who's subscribed to Consumer Reports and see which DVD player they recommend that's the cheapest, or 2) Just get what I did, a Toshiba 2900. But it may be outmoded by now, I have no idea. Good luck!
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I also love movies of several types and I think  that the worse the film is the louder the sound. They make this to make you feel the sound and distract you from thinking about the poor  argument. That is my conclusion.
132584
I'm sad when it comes to movies. I buy off Amazon.com for dirty cheep. Or I'll get em at Blockbuster, rip em on my computer, then take em back. Actually, last month, my gf had to pay my cell phone bill because i bought Spike Lee's whole DVD collection on eBay.
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you may need a codec to view it........if it doesn't work in wmp try downloading DIVX from http://www.divx.com....they ususally have up to date codecs that play all movies.....i've had this problem so many times, divx usually works.
314347
I've noticed the same thing! It's rediculous! No computer does that. I also hate when someone gets a virus in a movie and the screen suddenly goes black and says you have a virus. It just doesn't happen in real life.
367886
huh????\nwhat does this have to do with movies???
626292
Technically you have to pay for every movie you want to watch. But it isn't that hard to sneak into a movie.. :)
247561
I use Netflix and it's way better than going to a rental store. It cost much less, it only takes one day for the movies to get here, you can keep them as long as you want with no late fees, and they provide postage paid envelopes to return them. I am very satisfied with Netflix and highly reccomend them.
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Yes, I use Blockbuster Online. The new program is called Total Access or something like that. I'm on the 3 out at a time plan, and with tax it's about $19 a month or so. When I'm finished watching the mailed movies, I return them in the store and when they scan the barcode off of the return envelope, that acts like a coupon for a free in-store movie. No catch. They also give you a free in-store movie coupon each week that you print out. Right now I have 6 rentals from the store, and 2 mailed movies, since I just returned a mailed movie today. I love it, although I'm finding it hard to find time to watch everything now, since I work 2 jobs! I had a free trial of Netflix last year, and they were too slow for me. Blockbuster even has faster shipping, at least in my area. Definitely go with Blockbuster Online. I've been telling everyone what a great value it's been, especially since rentals at my Blockbuster are almost $5 each! Way too much. If you do the math, I'm getting my rentals for less than a $1 each now.
611999
Sure why not?? I rent out my DVD's for a couple bucks a pop to my friends. It's mine and I'm not making copies.