Samuel_Fred
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- Jan 6, 2004
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Besides what I feel is excessive overscan, this TV is causing me two serious problems. I'm not sure whether these are fixable or just the way this TV was built. Help!
1) I can't watch 4x3 DVDs in progressive scan mode without the TV stretching them out to fill the 16x9 dimensions of the TV. The "format" function that allows you to switch to 4x3 is only available in the interlaced mode. I have tried several DVD players and only one (see problem (2)) had a special output mode for 16x9 TVs that gave me the right image. The signal from my other players is processed properly by other HDTVs I've hooked them up to, so clearly this Philips is at a disadvantage here (?).
2) When I finally got a real 4x3 image it was broken up by horizontal lines that interfered especially with straight or curved lines in the picture.
What to do?
1) I can't watch 4x3 DVDs in progressive scan mode without the TV stretching them out to fill the 16x9 dimensions of the TV. The "format" function that allows you to switch to 4x3 is only available in the interlaced mode. I have tried several DVD players and only one (see problem (2)) had a special output mode for 16x9 TVs that gave me the right image. The signal from my other players is processed properly by other HDTVs I've hooked them up to, so clearly this Philips is at a disadvantage here (?).
2) When I finally got a real 4x3 image it was broken up by horizontal lines that interfered especially with straight or curved lines in the picture.
What to do?