CHICAGO — The letterbox format for movies on television is very irritating (“Letterboxing: When less is more on DVD,” April 27). Unless you enjoy watching the world through the mail slot in your front ...

I love my new LCD/led Sony HDTV. I hate the letterbox format on many movies. I'm still amazed how many movies appear in letterbox format because they use a wide-wide screen aspect ratio of 2:35 : 1.

Film buffs who prefer watching wide-screen movies pictorially intact at home are squaring off against so-called ``average viewers'' in the latest chapter in an ongoing debate over the shape of home ...