Help: Commitments R2 only playing fullscreen
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Help: Commitments R2 only playing fullscreen
Anyone know of any issues (perhaps player specific) with the Norway's (Benelux) MGM R2 edition of The Commitments that would cause it to display in full screen only? The specs don't even show a full screen option (nor does anything found here; the aspect ratio is listed as 1.85:1 anamorphic) -- and yet it only outputs in full screen.
Any ideas what might be causing this? It sounds like it may be a player-specific problem, but I'm open to any other ideas for fixes.
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Any ideas what might be causing this? It sounds like it may be a player-specific problem, but I'm open to any other ideas for fixes.
Thanks.
Admin: if this is posted in the wrong forum, please let me know.
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Sounds like someone's watching a PAL disc on 16:9 mode...
Sounds like someone's watching a PAL disc on 16:9 mode...
Thanks in advance for the help.
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Well, celluloid, some DVD players can't translate PAL video and anamorphic video simultaneously. The picture plays, but it is vertically stretched, so 1.85:1 films appear to fill the screen. Though the picture is distorted, you'd be surprised how many people don't notice that fact that the people are taller and thinner than they should be!
We really need his player type and number so that the problem can be attested to.
We really need his player type and number so that the problem can be attested to.