FilmBuff

Long ago I had the pleasure of being the local video store clerk/jerk, dishing out the latest releases to my community. Among the standard questions was the infamous classic, "This doesn't have those black bars on it, does it?" Being the FilmBuff that I am, I went into the details of what those black bars really mean. It hardly ever mattered of course, as just about everyone would opt for the full screen and/or pan-and-scan experience so that they could have what they said was the "whole film" on their TV.

Thankfully, that painful conversation is quickly becoming a thing of the past. [READ MORE]