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| Registered: May 9, 2007 |  Posts: 94 |
| | Posted: | | | | Howdy, sports fans:
I own a few DVDs that come out of the DVD player and into the TV kind of odd. (The Graduate, Scotland, PA, and the Buzz Lightyear cartoon come to mind.) For example, the output (from my DVD player) for The Graduate is an aspect ratio of 4:3. The movie is also letterboxed at 2.35:1, so I get the effect of having a box around the entire movie.
I don't think I have anything set up incorrectly. (It happens on both theater set-ups in the house.) 98% of the movies I have play correctly. Is this a function of how the DVDs were manufactured? Is there anyway to tell the DVD is going to do this other than popping it in the player?
Thanks in advance.
Rink | | | | Kittens give Morbo gas. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | I was going to mention that perhaps your DVD player is set on zoom, till I read that 98% of your films play properly., as far as I know ( I'd have to check after this post is done, ) is the movie of the ( i.e.) Graduate is only available in W/S and not pan and scan, so first things first. what are the UPC's of the DVD's effected this way?
edit/ checked data base Region 1 three available all 2.35:1 ..... | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry | | | | Last edited: by widescreenforever |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you check on the packaging for these "problem" disks, I suspect you will find no mention of they're being Anamorphic. Non-anamorphic widescreen material will do this on a widescreen television. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | These sound like non-anamorphic discs played on a widescreen to me. I suspect that's the problem.
The only solution is to use a zoom feature on your player/TV, replace them with anamorphic versions or suck it up and ignore the problem. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mark Harrison: Quote:
These sound like non-anamorphic discs played on a widescreen to me. I suspect that's the problem. Sounds like it. This happens on my widescreen LCD with non-anamorphic titles, unless you set it to scale to the full screen size. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you have a DVD, um, examiner - take a peek at the DVD and see if it's 4:3 aspect ratio. A lot of the older movies were letterbox in 4:3 format. |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 94 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks for everyone's help! Luckily, I'm watching the disk for the movie and story, not necessarily to be wowed.
<Homer> I hate non-anamorphic transfers soooo much!!! </Homer>
Rink | | | | Kittens give Morbo gas. |
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  | Erik | | It's a strange world. |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 422 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting rink_no2: Quote:
Thanks for everyone's help! Luckily, I'm watching the disk for the movie and story, not necessarily to be wowed.
<Homer> I hate non-anamorphic transfers soooo much!!! </Homer> A must-bookmark site is: http://www.dvdcompare.net/- - - Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command (2000) R1 America - (Disney) * Extras: Interative Comic Book Star Command Triva Game Rogues Gallery Game * Subtitles: English HoH * Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 * Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic | | | Erik
"Has it ever occurred to you, man, that given the nature of all this new stuff, that, uh, instead of running around blaming me, that this whole thing might just be, not, you know, not just such a simple, but uh - you know?" -- The Dude, The Big Lebowski
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting rink_no2: Quote:
Thanks for everyone's help! Luckily, I'm watching the disk for the movie and story, not necessarily to be wowed.
<Homer> I hate non-anamorphic transfers soooo much!!! </Homer>
Rink There are settings within your DVD player that allows you to chnage the output of the signal to your TV to 4:3 and not 16:9.., That should create the letterbox bars around the playback movie. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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