16:9 anamorphic squeeze on 27" Sony Wega - Not always a good idea! (1 Viewer)

[Basi Nanda]

It works nice and all, but it is not intelligent enough to distinguish between various widescreen formats. For example it squeezed Dr. No (which is taller than the normal 1.85:1) to 1.85:1 thus making the picture looking squashed. Same with Goldfinger. I turned off the anamorphic squeeze on my TV and turned on the 4:3 letterbox mode on DVD player, and the picture had atleast 2 inches more on the top and the bottom. I am not a technical geek, but I can see the difference clearly.

Does this problem happen in widescreen sets as well?

 

[Jack Briggs]

Basi, on some units WEGAs have been known to "oversqueeze" when going into 16:9 mode. This is correctible via the service menu.

 

[Ronn.W]

What Jack said. You need to check out these pages, and perform everything at your own risk

http://www.keohi.com/keohihdtv/brand...sony_tips.html

16:9 enhanced mode is why you want a Wega of any size. Adjusting the size of the squeeze (and a couple of other things like red push) is a must though.

 

[Basi Nanda]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Also I noticed that the geometry is crooked in the top two inches of the screen. But since it is not possible to correct these problems without going into the service menu, I guess I will leave it alone, as I am scared of messing up.

 

[Basi Nanda]

Btw, the link for keohi did not work. Can you please make corrections and post the right URL? I would like to see what they have to say.

 

[Scott L]

Woiks for me.

 

[Basi Nanda]

Yup, works now. Guess the site was down yesterday when I tried.

 

[Basi Nanda]

Used the service menu successfully with AVIA to adjust the oversqueeze, using the circle IRE grid and a tape measure.

I have a geometry problem at the top two inches of the screen where the grid lines appear bent. Is there a service menu settinng to fix this?