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Posted by Luke Hooft on 10/05/06 19:33
"Joshua Zyber" <joshzyber@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Cdqdnekj8Napb7nYnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Why would you want this?
It would allow me to watch such non-anamorphic widescreen DVDs in the
correct aspect ratio, filling up the whole screen AND in progressive mode,
which would make the lower resolution of a non-anamorphic DVD slightly more
palatable than interlaced.
This is because when displaying something in progressive mode, my 16:9 TV
can only display the image so that it fills the entire screen - the zoom and
aspect ratio settings are disapbled) This is fine for anamorphic DVDs, but
4:3 and letterboxed DVDs will be stretched out horizontally.
To watch 4:3 or letterboxed material I have to switch the player over to
non-progressive output and then use the correct zoom/aspect ratio settings
on the TV - this makes everything the right ratio and size, but when you
blow up a non-anamorphic letterboxed image to fill the screen, it starts to
look quite crappy.
If I could get a DVD player that did the required zooming or squishing
before sending out the signal (rather than doing it on the TV) I could keep
the TV on the one setting and watch everything progressively, which would
look better for non-anamorphic DVDs like the original Star Wars, or several
others that I have.
Basically, it's less mucking around and better image quality on DVDs where
they were too cheap/lazy to make it anamorphic.
LH
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