Bill Slack
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Mar 16, 1999
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- 837
Rich:
There IS more resolution, but that resolution needs to come from somewhere. It just sticks it in a normal 4:3 frame, and if played on a non 16:9 compliant TV everyone will look tall/thin. One of the key's for the 16:9 aspect ratio is the ease of providing this increased resolution within the frame, as well as easily providing down conversion for play-back for a "16:9 Enchanced" disc on a 4:3 set. All you need to do is remove every fourth line (though, thankfully most players actually do a more advanced algorithim than this, now!) from the enchanced frame it and will look correct on a 4:3 TV.
To some up, the only non distorted widescreen modes in progressive mode are TW2 and Full.
TW2 is for non-anamorphic discs. (The trailer for Panic Room.)
Full is for anamorphic. (The actual feature for Panic Room.)
4:3 material depends on what player you have and how the new Toshibas handle it (I leave mine in Full and let the player (also Toshiba) handle it; but the X81 series of sets have geometry problems in 4:3 progressive mode.)
There IS more resolution, but that resolution needs to come from somewhere. It just sticks it in a normal 4:3 frame, and if played on a non 16:9 compliant TV everyone will look tall/thin. One of the key's for the 16:9 aspect ratio is the ease of providing this increased resolution within the frame, as well as easily providing down conversion for play-back for a "16:9 Enchanced" disc on a 4:3 set. All you need to do is remove every fourth line (though, thankfully most players actually do a more advanced algorithim than this, now!) from the enchanced frame it and will look correct on a 4:3 TV.
To some up, the only non distorted widescreen modes in progressive mode are TW2 and Full.
TW2 is for non-anamorphic discs. (The trailer for Panic Room.)
Full is for anamorphic. (The actual feature for Panic Room.)
4:3 material depends on what player you have and how the new Toshibas handle it (I leave mine in Full and let the player (also Toshiba) handle it; but the X81 series of sets have geometry problems in 4:3 progressive mode.)
