Posted by Richard C. on 12/22/56 12:00

<nospam.dvd@none.com> wrote in message
news:fmgg08$us9$1@agate.berkeley.edu...
>
> I have a 16:9 display. When viewing DVD content authored in letterbox
> (not anamorphic-widescreen), I use the "zoom" view mode (instead of
> full-mode) on my TV to show the letter boxed content.
>
> All works great, but when I turn on the caption on the dvd-player, the
> caption gets clipped off at the bottom.
>
> Is the caption position specified by the DVD content? Or is my
> dvd-player not displaying it correctly? If I have a 4:3 TV, then the
> caption position is correct, it is out of the picture. But I have a
> 16:9 TV, so the position it displays the caption is wrong.
>
> Will getting a different DVD-player help? I have an old Toshiba 5-disc
> DVD changer.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Raymond

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Just one more reason that I detest non-anamorphic DVDs
Some companies insist on still releasing them.
MGM is one of the worst. 1.66:1 movies need anamorphic too.

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