Posted by Richard C. on 10/07/06 01:50

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<jamestk9888@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Joshua Zyber wrote:> <jamestk9888@webtv.net> wrote in message >
> news:1160163891.908874.154420@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...> > also
> if you have the dvd's of evil dead book of the dead,ed2,army of> >
> darkness night of living dead millinium edtion dawn ulimete editon,or>
>> day of dead you will see what i mean by animorphic 4:3.> > but this may
>> be for the regin one dvd''s only.> > and if you switch the dvd player off
>> of the 16:9 mode the picture is> > FULLSCREEN on a 4:3 tv and not a
>> postage stamp as you claim.> > Did you use the "4:3 STANDARD" setting or
>> the "4:3 LETTERBOX" setting in > the DVD player? The "4:3 STANDARD" mode
>> will crop the left and right > sides off of some widescreen pictures and
>> magnify the center to fill a > TV screen.a dvd player only has these 3
>> settings 4:3 pan and scan-encoded on about 5 dvd's in the uk and never
>> used on a us dvd.4:3 letterbox-what i use on a 4:3 tv. plays the above
>> mentioned discs in fullscreen and not like you claim16:9-what i use on a
>> 16:9 tv. plays all 4:3 material on the listed discs as anamophic
>> widescreen. > The content on the disc is encoded as I described it, as a
>> widescreen > image with black bars on the sides. The active picture area
>> in the > center only uses 540x480 pixels. If the DVD player is set for
>> "4:3 > LETTERBOX", you'll see black bars on all 4 sides (the player adds
>> the > bars at the top and bottom). If the DVD player is set for "4:3 >
>> STANDARD", the side bars are cropped off and the middle zoomed, but >
>> you're still only using 540x480 resolution.> > As I said before, it's
>> best for the studio to encode all material at the > highest 720x480
>> resolution and let the TV do the aspect ratio control. > Anything else
>> compromises quality for the sake of convenience.if you dont believe me
>> get the dvd's i listed or get any other anchor bay dvd's and test them
>> for yourself. or ask someone else that has them. but since i have them
>> please quit saying i am wrong when i have the discs on my shelf and i
>> know i am right.
>
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