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Philips 727: does not auto switch a DVD to 16x9 ratio..please help..
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Post 1 made on Saturday March 27, 2004 at 15:51
scott1598
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For those that have this player for region free and PAL movies, etc..

I am having some trouble understanding I think the 4:3 Letter Box option and 16x9 option on the player itself.
My Sony TV has the 16x9 Widescreen option set to auto so all my movies R1 that I play on my Sony DVD player utilize the sharp, true Widescreen format automatically when I put in a DVD that is recorded as such (you see it instantly revert at DVD menu from full screen to 16x9 when the DVD plays)

I set the 16x9 option on the Philips and an R1 release that I put in (Swingers) played as if it were in Full Screen. Now this is recorded in 16x9 Wide so it should have played it fine. It didn't. I then set the Philips to the 4:3 Letter Box option while the Sony TV was still set to Auto and it played it in the true 16x9 aspect.

Then I tried some other DVD's, non-reg and PAL and they only would play 16x9 when I set the TV 16x9 option to "On" and the Philips to 16x9, it would not do the enhancing automatically like it should.

I know this is a bit confusing and I am not sure if I am explaining correctly, but can someone help me alleviate this problem?? Thanks in advance.
Post 2 made on Monday March 29, 2004 at 10:20
Spiky
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Hmmm. I forget which is the "correct" mode to match with your squeezing TV. It's one of the 4:3 modes, though. I think 4:3 LB is correct, even though you've seen some issues with that.

PAL DVDs will throw you off no matter what, I'd just get used to issues for 'other' region discs. Almost every time I change regions in my Malata I have to fiddle with one or more settings, esp for PAL discs.

Also, DVDs are not always flagged properly to get the anamorphic to work properly. (or the deinterlacing, 6.1 soundtracks, angles, etc.) This is probably why you see varying results. You may just want to get in the habit of turning the TV to 'On' for the squeeze.

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