Posted by Andrew Rossmann on 02/27/06 21:55

In article <jkKMf.29002$Zl1.6035@twister.nyroc.rr.com>, me@privacy.net
says...
> We expect to join the new digital age sometime but in the meantime we are
> still using an old JVC analog CRT set which is 4:3 format. Many of the DVDs
> we watch are in the 16:9 format which reduces our viewing area by about 25%.
> Is there any way for us to manipulate the 16:9 image to something closer to
> full 4:3 screen?

If you tell the DVD player you have have 16:9 TV, it will pass the
signal as-is and you get a stretched picture (unless you have a TV that
auto-switches.)

Some DVD players have a ZOOM mode that you can use, but it will cut
off the sides.

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