11th September 2003, 10:21 AM
Never trust this so-called market research. It involves going to Blockbuster and asking a few parents which aspect ratio they prefer. They never ask the real DVD-philes about these sorts of things, and you'd be surprised by how difficult it is to get certain things right in this field. Most people probably don't understand what OAR (original aspect ration) really means, and when they're uninformed about it they often make the wrong choice. Take Blockbuster for example. Only recently have they decided to carry mostly widescreen DVDs. In the past they said that most people prefer pan & scan. However, since DVDs have become more and more popular in recent years, people are starting to get used to widescreen movies and after Blockbuster did some more thourough research they found out that most people actually prefer widescreen over pan & scan.
And ABF, I wasn't quite sure if you were joking or not.
And ABF, I wasn't quite sure if you were joking or not.