Posted by John Walker at acbc0ce7.ipt.aol.com on August 17, 2001 at 16:41:43:
In Reply to: Re: Ok, I'm confused posted by Downtown on August 17, 2001 at 02:00:21:
you lose the framing of the picture and it looks all crap though (or at the very least "not how the director intended it"!).
See the new Die Hard DVD for a laymans guide to widescreen.
Or here for a superb definition of it: http://www.thedigitalbits.com