Posted by M.I.5� on 01/12/07 07:35

"Joshua Zyber" <joshzyber@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "M.I.5�" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> 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?

Plonk.

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