Posted by John Howells on 11/04/58 11:32

<lorendi@internet.com> wrote

>>
The user manual for the Philips DVR642/37 that we recently purchased shows
that the TV Display can be configured for 4:3 PS (Pan Scan) which should
result in a full TV screen display but with the sides trimmed. Ours
doesn't seem to do anything different from the 4:3 LB (LetterBox) setting.
The picture is letterboxed in either case. One must use the Zoom function
to fill the screen.

Is the unit working correctly? Do other players handle widescreen DVDs
differently for playing on regular TVs?
<<

Yes, it is working properly. The "4:3 P&S" mode requires that a widescreen
DVD is specifically enabled for it to work, and very few indeed are - to the
extent that you will be unlikely to come across one. For a disk not so
enabled a player will handle "4:3 P&S" the same as "4:3 LB" mode, as you
have found.

John Howells

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