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Thread: Widescreen Question |
    
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| Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 10:46 pm: |
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Using a 16:9 hdtv set for normal 16:9 and a prog scan dvd player set for 16:9 480p , We rented two movies, the first movie asked if you wanted full screen ( 4:3) or widescreen. We chose wide of course. The movie played filling the screen. The second movie had one format " widescreen" that movie played in letterbox style . I am perplexed!? |
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New member Username: Os2dude
Marietta ,
GA
USA
Post Number: 5
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 09:51 am: |
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I was perplexed by this the first time I saw it as well. So much so I thought my TV or DVD player was not working correctly. I went back to the store where I had bought them and the salesman showed me how some movies are filmed at an even wider format that 16:9, so they show as letterboxed even on a 16:9 screen. |
Gold Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 1098
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 12:03 am: |
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Don't be perplexed...there are other widescreen formats besides 16:9.
http://hometheaterinfo.com/video1.htm
I stopped trying to decipher them  |
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| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 09:32 pm: |
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Thanks.......since then I found a setting on the DVD player that " auto " detects and sets the aspect to fill the screen if u want. Yes, many different formatts, I just would think that it would be prominently labled on the DVD which formatt it is. I HATE letterbox! |
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