Movies on DVD and VHS are often available in two screen formats:
full screen and wide screen. The full screen is where a movie is
modified to fit a television screen. If you have watched a video
release, you have probably seen the message: "�This film has been
modified from its original version."�

The wide screen version maintains the same size and shape of the
original theatrical version. The reason for the different
versions is aspect ratio. Motion picture screens have a
different aspect ratio then a television screen.

The aspect ratio (a ratio of width to height) of a television
screen is 1.33:1. This means the screen is 1.33 times wide as it
is tall. The most common aspect ratio for movie screens is
1.85:1 to 2.35:1. While a television screen is almost square a
movie screen is rectangle.

Therefore, a video release must fit the rectangle movie screen
onto the square television screen. The wide screen version
displays an image with black bars at the top and bottom of the
screen. Some people find this disturbing. Movie buffs and die
hard artists prefer the wide screen because it captures the
essence of the filmmakers" vision.

The full screen actually removes the far left and right side of
the movie image in order to fit the movie within the television
screen aspect ratio. So the full screen, although appearing to
be the whole movie, is actually missing information.

Knowing the difference can help you choose the format you
prefer. Remember that the wide screen version contains the
aspect ratio of the original theatrical release and that the
full screen version is where only the middle part of the
original theatrical is used to fill the television screen.

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