February 20, 2002

Anita writes that Blockbuster has stopped carrying widescreen DVDs, and has asked manufacturers to supply them with only pan-and-scan versions of movies. The only mention she can find online beyond this online petition is a mention by Roger Ebert (somewhere down the page): "This takes me back to a day years ago when I had one of the founders of Blockbuster in my home and was proudly showing off a letterboxed laserdisk. To my disbelief, he did not understand the format and I had to explain it to him. He was a retailer, not a movie lover. The company follows in the same tradition." (Also via xeney.net.)

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comments...

Dan, February 20, 2002 2:18 AM:

I assume that Dan's illustrating the difference between BrainLog Widescreen and BrainLog Pan & Scan. I prefer widescreen, of course. <grin>

Anita Rowland, February 20, 2002 6:43 AM:

There certainly are mentions of the Blockbuster problem in lots of places, but I couldn't find any at first that didn't derive *from* the online petition. The Ebert piece did have testimony from a Blockbuster employee. I don't disbelieve that Blockbuster has this policy; I just wanted to see some backup.

Anita Rowland, February 20, 2002 9:24 AM:

I'm confused by the image below the text in your post -- was it supposed to show something other than a screenshot of your own post?

Anita Rowland, February 20, 2002 10:52 AM:

ha! I think you might be right, Danelope!