Way to simulate a PAL anamorphic DVD
06-18-03, 02:43 PM
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Way to simulate a PAL anamorphic DVD
Hey all....
Is there any way to test if my player will play a PAL anamporphic dvd properly? That is, is there any way to burn a test cd (non dvd, since i dont have a dvd burner) to test this?
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Matt
Is there any way to test if my player will play a PAL anamporphic dvd properly? That is, is there any way to burn a test cd (non dvd, since i dont have a dvd burner) to test this?
Thanks,
Matt
06-19-03, 09:49 AM
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Hello...
I have a CyberHome ch-300. I hear that it wont play PAL ana. dvd's correctly -- I just wanted to see how tolerable the stretching is. I am in the market for a CHEAP player that is region free and that will play PAL ana. dvd's correctly. The cyber 300 is so nice, i may be able to deal with it not playing PAL ana. correctly...
Thanks,
Matt
I have a CyberHome ch-300. I hear that it wont play PAL ana. dvd's correctly -- I just wanted to see how tolerable the stretching is. I am in the market for a CHEAP player that is region free and that will play PAL ana. dvd's correctly. The cyber 300 is so nice, i may be able to deal with it not playing PAL ana. correctly...
Thanks,
Matt
06-19-03, 11:21 AM
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The CH 300 definitely doesn't convert anamorphic PAL correctly, it stretches it. If you want to see what that looks like, you don't need to have a PAL DVD. Just set the player to 16:9, Wide, etc.. for the TV type and put in one of your regular anamorphic DVDs. Make sure it's anamporphic! What you'll see is the same result as playing an anamorphic PAL DVD.
This assumes you're using a standard 4:3 TV set. If you're using a widescreen or a Sony Wega w/ 16:9 enhanced mode (or any other 4:3 TV with that feature for that matter) then the stretch won't make a difference as it will display properly on your TV.
This assumes you're using a standard 4:3 TV set. If you're using a widescreen or a Sony Wega w/ 16:9 enhanced mode (or any other 4:3 TV with that feature for that matter) then the stretch won't make a difference as it will display properly on your TV.
07-07-03, 05:19 PM
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So as long as I have a widescreen TV then the movie will look fine? I was looking into getting one of these players, but the stretching of the anamorphic PAL turned me off. As long as it won't stretch on my TV though, I'm fine?
My model is a Toshiba 57H83 (widescreen)
My model is a Toshiba 57H83 (widescreen)
07-08-03, 04:01 PM
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Pretty much, yeah. There may be some other oddities to the conversion process, but it won't be stretched on your screen.
People say the player stretches the movie, but that's not quite the case. What happens is that many players have 1 chip on board that is responsible for both letterboxing anamorphic material on a 4:3 TV, and doing the PAL > NTSC conversion. It can't do both at once, it can only do either/or; so it does the conversion and skips the letterboxing. The effect is the same as having your DVD player set to use a widescreen TV. So, if you have actually do have a widescreen TV, or a TV w/ anamorphic squeeze (like a Wega) then there's nothing to worry about.
People say the player stretches the movie, but that's not quite the case. What happens is that many players have 1 chip on board that is responsible for both letterboxing anamorphic material on a 4:3 TV, and doing the PAL > NTSC conversion. It can't do both at once, it can only do either/or; so it does the conversion and skips the letterboxing. The effect is the same as having your DVD player set to use a widescreen TV. So, if you have actually do have a widescreen TV, or a TV w/ anamorphic squeeze (like a Wega) then there's nothing to worry about.
