Watching DVDs on widescreen TV
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Watching DVDs on widescreen TV
If I have a widescreen TV, how is it best to view DVDs that are advertised as 1.66:1 enhanced for widescreen TVs?
The integrated DVD player (a Grundig) has the following settings available: 4:3, 14:9 and 16:9 (plus a couple of rogue settings that I don't fully understand)
Is it best to watch 1.66:1 movies (indeed any ratio between 1.33:1 and 1.85:1) in the 4:3 format and accept that you will have a smallish picture with black bars top bottom and at the sides? Or are there clever tweaks that I am not aware of.
The integrated DVD player (a Grundig) has the following settings available: 4:3, 14:9 and 16:9 (plus a couple of rogue settings that I don't fully understand)
Is it best to watch 1.66:1 movies (indeed any ratio between 1.33:1 and 1.85:1) in the 4:3 format and accept that you will have a smallish picture with black bars top bottom and at the sides? Or are there clever tweaks that I am not aware of.
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Re: Watching DVDs on widescreen TV
Originally posted by jnorris
If I have a widescreen TV, how is it best to view DVDs that are advertised as 1.66:1 enhanced for widescreen TVs?
If I have a widescreen TV, how is it best to view DVDs that are advertised as 1.66:1 enhanced for widescreen TVs?
A tougher question to answer would be what to do with a 1.66:1 DVD that's not enhanced for widescreen TVs; in that case, I probably would view it in 4x3 mode, although if your player has a 14x9 mode, that might do the trick in those cases.