Posted by unclejr on 04/10/06 16:30

John Howells wrote:
> You take a normal DVD player and play the disk using "4x3 TV" mode. Then you
> change the player to "16:9 TV" mode and play it again. If it looks the same
> it is *NOT* anamorphic. If it looks different it is. In "16:9 TV" mode the
> black lines top and bottom will disappear (or be much thinner) from an
> anamorphic disk, on both 4:3 and 16:9 TVs, assuming the TV is not set for
> some automatic "zoom" or similar mode. QED.

This is a good method. Alternatively, you can use the PowerDVD app on
your PC (assuming that you have it installed).

-Junior

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