I have an up converting progressive scan DVD player hooked up to a 16:9 HDTV with HDMI. I'm trying to watch a 4:3 DVD, and the image is stretched out to fill in the whole screen. I have the player's settings to 16:9 aspect ratio and original view mode (displays the video as it was recorded). So I'm stumped on what to do.

Change your TV setting. Mine (Samsung) has 16x9, 4x3 and zoom modes. (or is that the Original View Mode?)

What's the brand/model of your DVD player?

I have an upconverting Samsumg DVD player. Since it's outputting 720p to the TV, I the zoom settings on the TV don't work. Fortunately, the DVD player has an "EZView" button that switches through various view modes, one of which is pillarboxed for 4:3 material.

Note that this thread is probably better suited in the "DVD & Home Theater Gear" forum. This forum (Tech) is really for everything that's not DVD, Home Theater, or Video Game gear. [Edit: and I guess the mods agreed.]

The DVD player is a Spectroniq PD-3000 HD and the TV is an Olevia.

Sorry, I can't find much info on this player online, so can't help you much further. Read the player's manual and look for an option on the remote or in the player's settings for pillarboxing 4:3 material (although it may not be labelled as "pillarboxing").

Thanks for the help, after messing around in the settings I found what I needed. I had to manually change the resolution to 1024x768.