Well. my first impulse was to vote No. But then I started thinking. Clearly ensure it will help distinguish between different releases of the same title tells us something about the intention of the rule?

In my mind, the reason for the edition field has never been "There's something written in a banner on the front cover". To me, knowing that something is Widescreen when there's also a Fullscreen release is a lot more meaningful information than knowing that there is a banner on top of the front cover that says something like "Fox War Classics" (just an example). But that's just me...

After previewing all 8 profiles, yes there are eight different UPC codes for the US release alone (all with the same release date), for Stars Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, it appears to be the only widescreen release that doesn't have WIDESCREEN across the banner at the top. Seeing as the Full Screen version does have a banner, and with Full Screen in the edition field for that profile, I would have to agree that Widescreen in the edition field is wrong. Having the Full Screen version marked as such in the database clearly fulfills the rules requirement to be able to identify separate editions of the same movie to me.

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Not the way I interpret it.  If it is not on the DVD cover as an Edition, and this one is not, then it does not belong in the Edition field.

That's a very loose interpretation of the actual rule wording.

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But Gunnar as hal noted there is NO Widescreen Edition on the back cover ONLY a reference to the Widescreen data in the features...

Yes, but 'widescreen' is a built in selection in the program AND is an example in the rules.  While I don't like it, I have to accept those facts.

I find myself in the same boat, to me the rules are clear so long as more than one version of a DVD exists then you can freely use any of the built in descriptions to distinguish between them; the voting process would then be used to decide if it was the appropriate distinction. Where it needs to be taken from the cover is if you want to add a free text edition of some kind (extreme edition etc).

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After previewing all 8 profiles, yes there are eight different UPC codes for the US release alone (all with the same release date), for Stars Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, it appears to be the only widescreen release that doesn't have WIDESCREEN across the banner at the top. Seeing as the Full Screen version does have a banner, and with Full Screen in the edition field for that profile, I would have to agree that Widescreen in the edition field is wrong. Having the Full Screen version marked as such in the database clearly fulfills the rules requirement to be able to identify separate editions of the same movie to me.

Exactly!

Ok, so those who vote No think it's ok to put Widescreen in the edition field if it's printed on a banner on the front, even though there may be no other edition -- but it's not Ok to put Widescreen in the edition field when there actually is a fullscreen edition as well, unless it's on a banner?

Well, that makes absolutely no sense to me.

If I want to know what any banner on the front cover says, I can look at the cover scan.
And sure, if I want to know if it's widescreen or not, I can look at the video data.

But which is more important? Knowing what any banner on the front cover may say, or knowing if the release in question is widescreen or fullscreen?

And, if we're discussing following the rules, why is it that nobody seems to take any notice of the second part of this sentence:
f you are using a non-standard description, take it from the DVD box, and ensure it will help distinguish between different releases of the same title. ???

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Yes, but 'widescreen' is a built in selection in the program AND is an example in the rules.  While I don't like it, I have to accept those facts.

It is? It's not in my version of DVD Profiler.

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Actually "Widescreen" is not included in the default edition list.  Nothing about aspect ratios is in that list.  The default edition list currently holds things like "Special Edition", etc.  Actual edition stuff. 

Nice catch to both of you...and a green mark to boot.  It is not in this version of the program...BUT it is still an example in the rules. 

I think you are playing very fast and loose in your inbterpretation, and I can't wait to see all the garbage that people will try to include based on your interpretation.<shakes head>

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