All Forums > The Porn Pool > The Porn Pool Forum Page 547 > Why is more and more porn being shot in widescreen
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tdb
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270 Posts
9/04
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 5:06PM
Is it me or is more and more porn being shot in widescreen? Not just features, but gonzo porn as well. I'm still a fan of fullscreen porn because I don't like seeing the black bars on the top and bottom of the picture. I want my porn to take up the entire screen, so I can see more of the women.

What is the cause of this movement to widescreen porn. Is it because more and more of the porn buying audience have widescreen TVs? Even with some widescreen TVs, you're going to get a smaller picture. Any producers/directors care to share their thoughts?

tritone
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1009 Posts
4/03
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 5:34PM
Now that I have a 32" widescreen LCD, I wish all porn was in 16:9!!!

If you configure your widescreen TV correctly, then a widescreen DVD should fill up the entire screen.

When you get that with a porno -- its AWESOME, IMHO.

Imagine fucking Naomi's ass in POV in 16:9 widescreen. Well
that's what you get if you watch Jack's POV #2 or Throb POV on a true widescreen TV.

Cumwhipper
Senior Member

4050 Posts
3/04
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 5:52PM
Widescreen is good, but only if the camerawork is top-notch. I'd rather watch something that doesn't fill my screen if it's shot well.

Even better will be when we get true hi-def as the de facto standard for porn DVDs. Right now, it doesn't matter too much if the camera shooting the action is a hi-def cam shooting 16:9, because you can only cram so much data on the standard DVDs of today.

I can barely imagine how good porn will be in just a couple years from now, when the war between Blu-Ray and Hi-Def formats has been settled, and we get to see true hi-def in most porn. Of course, that means we'll all have to upgrade our players, but I have no doubt it will be worth it.

Joey Starr
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Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 6:36PM
I've just bought a DVD that's widescreen - "Le pouvoir du sexe" (VCV Communication) - and frankly I don't like this format as I watch my porn on computers, I guess I will have to buy a widescreen monitor (or laptop) at some stage if the trends continues.
Mike Quasar
Zero Tolerance

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Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 9:38PM
All porn will be in letterbox widescreen or anamorphic widescreen sooner than later as more companies switch to high definition. You're not seeing less picture, you're seeing more picture but in order for it to be shown in it's proper aspect ratio, you get black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. When you buy the full screen edition of a hollywood movie, you're missing a lot of what the Director intended you to see.
 
ma meeshka
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3939 Posts
4/06
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 11:12PM
widescreen 4 life.
tdb
Member

270 Posts
9/04
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 11:25PM
I prefer my "regular" movies to be in widescreen since that's the way the movies are originally released in theaters. Porn is shot straight to video.
Hardware All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Oct 15 2006 : 2:16AM
But, is there really a point to more picture? Are you planning on shooting Lawrence of Arabia Does Debbie Doing Dallas?

The one porn DVD I've seen which was formatted in 16:9 had me wondering why everybody looked further away than normal. That's another thing which goes unmentioned when people proclaim how HD gives you more picture - if your TV wasn't designed for the wide aspect ratio, everything in that picture is smaller.

picman
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Posted - Oct 15 2006 : 8:04AM
One thing I've noticed about widescreen porn is that the framing is more difficult. There are more instances where heads are cut off in order to see the penetration because of the narrower format, and unless the performers are prone, lots of wasted space on the sides. HD may force shooters to change, but I don't think this is necessarily good for a medium that doesn't rely on sweeping vistas.
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