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Topic: | 16:9 format?? This thread has 12 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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Post 1 made on Thursday December 26, 2002 at 19:50 |
MSM Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | November 2002 24 |
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I purchased a widescreen tv in order to be able to watch DVD's in wide screen format. How come many of the DVD's that I buy, still have dark stripes at the top and bottom ever though they say they are the "widescreen edition"??
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Post 2 made on Thursday December 26, 2002 at 20:16 |
Larry Fine Loyal Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 5,002 |
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Maybe because you haven't set the output mode of the player to 'anamprphic' or 'widescreen'. (Either that, or the movies are wider than 16:9.) Check the manual of both the player and the TV. Larry www.fineelectricco.com
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Post 3 made on Saturday December 28, 2002 at 08:56 |
mattmackinnon Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | September 2002 18 |
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many of the films produced today are wider than your wide screen tv. A 16:9 TV can display movies that have a screen ratio of 1.85 (the screen ratio is 1.77 but you won't see the back bars because of the over scan / dvd pixle clip)
Movies like Band of Brothers (1.66:1), or Bed of Roses (1.85:1) fill your whole screen as they are the same as your TV.
Movies like Lord of the Rings (2.35:1), or Black Hawk Down (2.35:1) will give you black bars as the ratio of width to hight exceed the size of your TV even though they are widescreen anamophic disks.
Hope this helps out.
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Post 4 made on Saturday December 28, 2002 at 17:35 |
slocko Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 221 |
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i watched Metro last night, Eddie Murphy fan, and even though it's 2.35.1, the movie has huge bars on the top and bottom. The only other movie I have seen such huge bars was bugs life. Very distracting.
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Post 5 made on Saturday December 28, 2002 at 21:48 |
Johnla Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | November 2002 337 |
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On 12/26/02 19:50.04, MSM said...
I purchased a widescreen tv in order to be able to watch DVD's in wide screen format. How come many of the DVD's that I buy, still have dark stripes at the top and bottom ever though they say they are the "widescreen edition"?? There are many formats of what is considered widescreen. And depending on how your TV is set, and how your DVD player is set. Determines along with the format of the movie, how little or how much of the black bars you will or will not see. For more on this I suggest you visit this page. [Link: gregl.net]
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Post 6 made on Saturday December 28, 2002 at 21:49 |
Johnla Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | November 2002 337 |
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Durn thing posted twice...:)
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Post 7 made on Sunday December 29, 2002 at 00:34 |
Larry in TN Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | July 2001 669 |
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On 12/28/02 17:35.35, slocko said...
i watched Metro last night, Eddie Murphy fan, and even though it's 2.35.1, the movie has huge bars on the top and bottom. The only other movie I have seen such huge bars was bugs life. Very distracting. Sounds like a non-anamorphic DVD being played on a 16:9 set. In those cases you have to use a zoom mode on your TV or DVD player to expand the picture vertically to return it to the original aspect ratio.
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Post 8 made on Sunday December 29, 2002 at 15:30 |
slocko Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 221 |
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hitachi has full which is what i use for dvd watching. i will play with the modes next time i run into a dvd like that.
i have the kenwood 5900 player and don't recall seeing anything about zoom in the manual or the screens. i will take another look at the menus and remote.
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Post 9 made on Sunday December 29, 2002 at 21:19 |
Larry in TN Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | July 2001 669 |
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There should be a mode that stretches the picture vertically. Use that for non-anamorphic disks.
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Post 10 made on Monday January 13, 2003 at 17:29 |
Pronto Bandit Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | January 2003 16 |
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Like the reply from Larry, one common mistake is to not change the output on the dvd player itself. I actually had mine set on 4:3 on my 16:9 tv for about a month (oops). Make sure you set the aspect ratio from the DVD player setup menu to 16:9. A lot of people mess with the tv setup and forget to change the dvd player setup.
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Post 11 made on Monday January 13, 2003 at 20:24 |
Matt Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 1,802 |
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Yeah, lots of setups. That's the drawback of todays technology. If your not 'into' it, you will likely miss something important. This is one feature of the DVD that most people forget.
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Post 12 made on Monday January 13, 2003 at 21:31 |
Larry Fine Loyal Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 5,002 |
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Matt's right! Let's round 'em all up and keep them for ourselves, the 'into it' people.
Yaarrghh!
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Post 13 made on Tuesday January 21, 2003 at 12:42 |
JJ Bugsy Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | January 2003 118 |
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Have you paid attention lately the way some DVD movies are burnt? On the menu you have a choice of 16X9 or 4X3 aspect ratios, and that's the way it's going to be from now on,my friends (COOOOOOOOOL)!!!
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