JVC XV-D723GD or D723BK operation questions (1 Viewer)

[Rob Michaw]

I've had my player for nearly 4 months now hooked up via S-video to a non-progressive tube TV. I'm thanking my lucky stars, and on Thursday I take posession of the Toshiba 42HX81 and I will be hooking it up component via the progressive outs.
My question is, how should I hook the player up? Have the unit switched on to 525p on the back (480 p in practical terms)? Should I have the setting switched via menu to "AUTO"? Should I also have the unit connected via S-vid so I can watch non-anomorphic discs, or do I still watch non-anomorphic discs via progressive? When watching non-anomorphic discs, do I switch the setting on the menu?
Also, if for instance I am watching Gladiator using the "AUTO" or "FILM" setting (and I'm sure it will look great), do I then switch the setting to "VIDEO" via the menu when I watch a making of documentary? (this may be a bad question, because the documentaries on Gladiator may have been filmed anamorphically, but I think you get the idea...if the doc was filmed on video).
Thanks. Any other useful tips would be greatly appreciated.
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rob michaw

 

[Sean Oneil]

You will want to set the switch to progressive on the back of the player. Set the picture to Auto mode for 99 percent of your viewing (there are a few exceptions which require locking the player into 'film mode' ...Unbreakable and Titanic come to mind)
Set your display to 16 X 9 Auto and pictures will be passed through to the set unchanged. Selecting 16 X 9 Normal will process 4 X 3 material so that it displays as 4 X 3 within your widescreen TV's anamorphic mode (it puts black bars on both sides of the image). I may have those two settings reversed (normal and auto mode), but you will be able to tell which one is which almost immediately when you play a DVD. Both modes will display anamorphic material unaltered.
It is really not that hard to get the hang of, you'll see. I think that you will love this player provided it is working out of the box

I have had mine (723) since around February, and everything has been great with it.

 

[rin]

I keep the progressive mode on "smart" 90 percent of the time and it seems to work well. Also, to take advantage of the player's ability to re-scale 4:3 letterbox material(properly flagged, of course e.g. POTA, Armageddon, etc.) you need to have the display type set to "16:9 normal".
My two cents.
rin
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