Posted by jamestk9888 on 10/05/06 23:19

Luke Hooft wrote:
> "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

that was the point of my original post witch is why i asked why dont
all dvd come in anamorpic like most of the anchor bay dvd's that i have
seen. for the rest see my prievious posts and would someone please
awnser my questions.

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