Priya Indian. Neerja Indian. Zira US English. Oliver British. Wendy British. Fred US English. Tessa South African. Select another language:. Please enter your email address: Subscribe. Notify me of new comments via email. Cancel Report. Create a new account. Or at least most of them are; HDTVs are changing this rapidly. When you transfer a rectangular image to a square TV set, it doesn't fit.
There are two options. One is to cut off the sides of the picture. This is what they mean when they say "fullscreen. This is especially detrimental when watching an epic film like The Lord of the Rings. Those massive battle scenes don't have the same scope because you're literally not seeing half the participants. It makes a difference, robbing the film you are watching of its majesty and grandeur.
The other option is to shrink the rectangular picture down so that it fits in the center of the square screen. Black bars fill in the space above and below the image. This is widescreen. It is now widely accepted that the widescreen format is the better of the two.
It lets you watch both TV programs and movies at the largest possible display size. The widescreen format for TVs is only available, though, when you subscribe to a digital transmission format and not via the standard cable or over-the-air transmissions.
Widescreen uses an aspect ratio of while full screen uses an aspect ratio of Widescreen is better for viewing movies than full screen.
Widescreen movies can still be played in full screen TVs and vice versa. Cite APA 7 , l. Difference Between Widescreen and Full Screen. Difference Between Similar Terms and Objects. However, filmmakers and film buffs prefer to see all the actions happening especially in cinematic shots of epic, sci-fi and adventure movies than having the full-screen version that crops much of the original footage.
With the widescreen and letterbox formats, no part of the picture is lost and each shot is composed how the director originally made it. Filmmakers prefer the longer widescreen format called the anamorphic widescreen. This has a aspect ratio unlike the usual , which means that the movie is 2. When viewing such movies on a full-screen TV using the letterbox option, the screen has larger black bars on the top and bottom of the screen as compared with a movie in aspect ratio. For both broadcast and consumer cameras, recording in widescreen format is already a standard.
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