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Posted by Biz on 02/28/06 05:35
YOu can get several excellent players under $100 with a zoom function, so
you might be best getting a new player if you cant just leave well enough
alone and watch the movies the way they are meant to be watched, which IS
letterboxed on your tv....
"GuessWho" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:JwLMf.34918$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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