| Registered: December 10, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | Non-anamorphic widescreen really burns my britches, especially on Blu-ray where they theoretically know we have a widescreen TV. For instance, all the extras on TMNT are non-anamorphic, despite being put together well after anamorphic became the norm. (For that matter, why are these extras SD.)
Doesn't anyone know of a player that will either automattically detect the mattes and adjust accordingly (bonus if it can do this for 1.66 material) or at least let you changing the scaling without stopping the disc and going to the player menu? |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,014 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yeah, my Oppo BDP-83 will do that. You can either set it to do this automatically or you can use a dedicated remote button that will change the scaling setting on the fly. Moreover, you can access setup during the movie. There's also a "demonstration mode" which splits the screen into two where you can watch the effects of any changes in the video settings you make. From this player's feature list: Multiple Zoom Modes - The BDP-83 supports multiple levels of aspect ratio control and image zooming, including a vertical stretch mode for customers with a 2.35:1 CIH (Constant Image Height) display system. | | | | Last edited: by dee1959jay |
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | Does it handle 1.66:1 material correctly with auto-detect? |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,014 |
| | Posted: | | | | The available settings (when connected over HDMI) are
1:1 (no zooming), Stretch/Letterbox/Pillar Box (for constant image height projectors), Full Screen (zooms letterboxed DVDs to full screen width), Underscan (compensates for displays with overscan), 1.2x zoom, 1.3, 1.5, 2.0, ½.
I tried a few 1.66:1 non-anamorphic DVDs. These are not handled correctly with auto-detect. When using 1:1, after some time the image gets vertically stretched. When using Full Screen, you lose some image on the top and bottom. The best setting for 1.66:1 non-anamorphic in my experience is 1.2x zoom. You may lose the very bottom of subtitles, but since the 1224 firmware version (Jan.5, 2010) the player allows you to move these upwards (Subtitle Shift).
So it IS possible to get this type of material to display correctly, but it requires you to use the remote to change the zoom setting using the dedicated remote button. And if there's subtitles, you might need to engage Subtitle Shift to fully see them. | | | | Last edited: by dee1959jay |
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | Wow, it really is the world's greatest Blu-ray player. I may buy one once they release a 3D version. |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,014 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ace_of_Sevens: Quote:
Wow, it really is the world's greatest Blu-ray player. I may buy one once they release a 3D version. Yeah, I'm extremely happy with it.  A 3D version could very well take them quite some time still. So far, their policy has been to thoroughly develop and test any new type of product, rather than rushing it towards release. | | | | Last edited: by dee1959jay |
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