Posted by Joshua Zyber on 01/11/07 12:47

"M.I.5�" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
news:45a5f39c$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...
> I am well aware that the data content is different. But most, if not
> all, DVD players are able to down convert the true 16:9 content and
> present it as a leterboxed 4:3 signal. This is a facility in the
> player setup. The .IFO file, in theory at least, can flag whether the
> player actually does this or presents a pan and scan 4:3 picture.
>
> However, as I said I was unaware that a player was able to do it the
> other way round, and my .IFO file editor certainly does not offer the
> ability to change this (but that doesn't mean that it isn't there).
>
> Regardless of what you may believe, the fact remains that for a couple
> of weeks, I had such disk (I wish I'd made a copy of it now - purely
> for research purposes of course).

Right, and this was in the same fantasy world you live in where a
720x576 DVD cannot be fully resolved except by a 1440x1152 display? Did
you happen to see a unicorn out your window while you were playing it?

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