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Val Kilmer Film Festival and Convention, compare video with movie screen Yes, the theater does make a difference, especially with widescreen movies like WILLOW and THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS. The sound is better, the picture is bigger and clearer, and you are seeing ALL of it.

Widescreen movies like WILLOW and THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS have an aspect ratio (height to width) of 1:2.35. A normal television screen has an aspect ratio of about 1:1.28.


WILLOW. Compare widescreen to pan-and-scan: normal TV picture boundary in blue.


THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS. Compare widescreen to pan-and-scan: normal TV picture boundary in red.


THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS. Compare apparent size of TV picture (black border on left) to apparent size of movie picture, then to apparent size of widescreen picture on television screen (black border on right). Obviously, this changes depending on how big your TV is and how close you sit to the TV or movie screen -- but STILL....



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