Posted by ng_reader on 02/28/06 02:30

I'm pretty sure you can set the DVD player to zoom in and cut-off, or just
make it think you have a 4:3 TV, even with older decks, can't you?

Hey, I have the 16x9 TV and I can't believe how much is cut off when I get
"letter boxed" on that.

That's why you learn to love the "anamorphic wide screen" I think it's
called and the 16:9 TV. It's not perfect, but it's very nice.

(now, who knows the thing is going to look like with HD-Movies... !)


"GuessWho" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:JwLMf.34918$j53.26937@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> Thanx Andrew,
>
> Our TV is 4:3 and our DVD player is older than the TV - a Panasonic
> DVD-A120. We can select 4:3 or 16:9 viewing but we can't do any kind of
> zooming or stretching and I don't see that selecting the DVD player 16:9
> option has done anything in the past.
>
> I've been searching on-line for a DVD player or player/recorder that will
> allow us to stretch or zoom the 16:9 videos to more fully fill the 4:3
> screen but either it's not mentioned in the literature or I'm looking for
> the wrong terminology.
>
> Do you have any suggestions as to players that will do what I want to do?
>
> Wayne
>
> "Andrew Rossmann" <andysnewsreply@no_junk.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1e6d313a4d67ccea9897bb@newsgroups.comcast.net...
>> In article <jkKMf.29002$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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