Am I seeing Anamorphic Correctly? (1 Viewer)

[Michael Giusto]

I have a Toshiba TW40H80 16:9 TV
with a Toshiba SD-3109 DVD Player
and last night when watching "Die Another Day"
was bothered by how big the black bars are
above and below the image. If you add them
together, they may be the same vertical width
of the movie image.

With my components should these black bars be
this large or do I need a Digital 16:9 set,
also what constitutes a Digital 16:9 set, I
didn't know that there is a difference. I do
have my set conected to the DVD player using
component cables.

I'm at work right now and can't play around with
any settings, but I am thinking that maybe my DVD
output settings got erased when I had the DVD
player disconnected about 2 months ago. I've had
this same problem with other 2.35:1 movies but
was completely fed up with "Die Another Day" last
night. My DVD player prior to being plugged in
was set for display on a 16:9 screen.

So my basic question is as simple as this. Do I just
need a setting change on my DVD player, or do I need
a Digital 16:9 TV (or both).

Thanks for any help!

 

[Neil Joseph]

Make sure that your DVD player is set to output to a widescreen device (16x9) and not 4x3. Let us know what happens.

 

[Michael TLV]

Greetings

TV to Full mode and DVD player to 16:9 mode.

Width of black bars should be similar in appearance to watching 1:85:1 material on a 4:3 TV.

Regards

 

[Michael Giusto]

OK, great. That is what I was thinking, that my DVD player got reset when it was disconnected (We had wood floors put in and I had everything apart for about 2 weeks). I can't belive that for the last 2 months I never once thought to check my DVD player settings and just lived with these small images. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!!!

Thanks guys! I'll check it all out tonight and respond back here letting everyone know how it went. I know it's going to wind up me being a total nimrod, but hey at least I don't have to buy a new TV!

LOL

Michael

 

[Kevin C Brown]

If I have a 4:3 Toshiba with "squeeze mode" for DVDs, I do 16:9 mode on the player, and "compression" mode on the TV, right?

If the DVD is a 4:3 picture source (concert video DVD, let's say), I go to 4:3 on the player and "normal" (full) mode on the TV? (I kinda wish this would happen automatically, but oh well... )

 

[Allan Jayne]

Kevin:

With compression or squeeze (16:9 mode) on your TV, leave the DVD player in 16:9 all the time.

Allan

Video hints:
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If it is worth doing then it is worth doing poorly.

 

[Michael Giusto]

That was it, DVD player was set to 4:3LB, I switched it to !^:9 Widescreen and bam! small bars at the top and bottom of the pic.

Now I'll have to rewatch any of the movies I've gotten in the last few months! Lol

Thanks for the quick info. all! You guys are the best!

Michael

 

[Kevin C Brown]

Allan (and others)- OK, and then I engage progressive scan on my DVD player (or does this happen automatically through the component video outputs?), and then the TV automatically knows to *disengage* the 480i to 480p conversion process for "normal" video? (I have hooked everything up, just haven't had a chance to try all the newer features from what I had before: S-video connection, straight 480i, 4:3...) Thanks!