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Hi All,Is there a DVD player that will convert a letter box to full or almost full screen on the TV?
I have a Panasonic HDTV that is not a wide screen. Some of the letter box formats are extreamly short. A little bit of letter box isnt so bad, but some of the DVD's are very short.
Thanks,
bmar
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thanks guys, I will try a few different settings and do some reading.bmar
I asked this about a week ago, seems there isn't an easy solution at the DVD end, but some TV's can do a more-or-less conversion. One little trick you could try that usually helps for me is to set your DVD output for "widescreen TV" if you have that option. This is counter-intuitive, but it actually makes those top/bottom black bands very much smaller with my gear. System dependent of course, doesn't work on all widescreen DVD's, better than with zoom on, don't lose as much at the sides.
The Toshibas seem to do a pretty good job of this, using the 16:9 display mode for a 4:3 TV and them using the zoom (some have almost a variable zoom, i.e. lots of steps).bstan
You might wanna try the Apex AD-1500 make sure you get one that the serial number starts with D. The ones that started with A,B or C have had problems but that is also people flashing them. Anyway I own one and it has had no problems. Sure the picture can be a little dark on some movies but that happens with all VCR players and DVD players. Just try it out to my knowledge if you just set in surround sound or 5.1 mode ir should operate 4.3 just fine. But they are only 79.00 right now and if you dont beleive me go to circuitcity.com and look at the reviews there are 273 good out of 273 reviews. CHeck it out
Many of the Toshiba DVD players have a variable or multiple zoom feature that will fill the screen, but you will always lose some content on the sides as a result.What you are asking for (wide screen -> 4:3) generally can't be done.
bstan
thanks,
I'm asking because I don't know what can or cant be done.
I thought that 4:3 was regular size TV?
I have a JVC fa90 DVD, which does zoom but I havnt been able to get the zoom "indicater" to remove itself from the screen while it is in some form of zooming action.
anyway, I was hoping that since the beginning caption on a lot of films says that the film has been reformated to fit your screen. That there might be a DVD player that would due this internally, at least to some extent. The DVD player I have can do this, But only when it is available on the DVD in some fashion, Which is not often.thanks,
If you've heard about OAR (Original Aspect Ratio) and P&S (Pan and Scan), these are the two formats DVDs are produced in.If you want a DVD to fit your 4:3 TV screen like the "reformated to fit your screen" movies shown on TV, then you can buy the "Full Screen" or P&S" versions of the DVD. Not many DVDs have been produced in both formats, and most DVDs have been of the OAR or widescreen versions.
You must remember, Pan and Scan means they took the original film in it's widescreen "OAR" format, put a little 4:3 viewing window into it, and then followed the main action to produce a 4:3 P&S version, leaving out quite a bit of the original film's scenery and camera flow.
Just remember later when you buy a widescreen TV and go to view a DVD with P&S format, it may also look kinda funny (big black bars on the side). They do have widescreen TVs now that will actually stretch a 4:3 source out to almost fill the screen.
To each his own.
bstan
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