Spinning DVDs

I am a huge fan of DVDs, but I think these movie companies are ripping us off (“DVDs Turn America’s Living Rooms Into a Major Profit Center,” by Patrick Goldstein, April 24).

Instead of continually releasing DVD versions of the same movie with features not contained on the previous version, I beg movie studios to put out two versions of a movie at the same time: a regular edition (featuring the movie in full-screen and wide-screen, and a trailer), and a special edition loaded with all the extras they can possibly give you. They could even give them different prices: $15 to $20 for the standard edition, and $25 to $30 or the special one.

With various collector’s editions and boxed sets, I have three copies of “Scream,” two of “Scream 2” and two of “Scream 3.” Please, movie studios, don’t bleed us dry!

JOHN-MORGAN HORVAT

Orange

DVD makers could increase their sales considerably by the relatively simple expedient of including both the wide-screen and pan-and-scan versions on a disk.

Many of us either can’t afford or don’t have room to accommodate a 60-inch projection TV. On a reasonable-size monitor, shrinking the picture by nearly one-half defeats the main advantage of the DVD: increased resolution. The smaller picture means we either have to move closer or miss the details.

DAVID BOWEN

Monrovia