Mr. Brian
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I helped my father in law set up his new home theater this weekend. He has a 4:3 HDTV-ready Toshiba 43H71 and a Panasonic RP56. We have everything connected right with component cables, but it gets a little confusing with different types of DVD's. Widescreen anamorphic DVD's are fine and look great. I assume we should just set the DVD player to 16:9, set the TV viewing mode to "compression", and push the Progressive button on the front of the DVD player. Also, in a sub menu on the TV, I highlighted "Film", not "Video". The clips of Star Trek Insurrection and Saving Private Ryan looked great.
Then I tried The Abyss and Twin Peaks. What settings should we have for non-enhanced 16:9 DVD's and 4:3 DVD's? Do we need to change the aspect ratios in the DVD player? Or the TV? The options on the DVD player are the usual 4:3 Pan and Scan, 4:3 Letterbox, and Widescreen. The options for watching widescreen material on the TV are "Normal", "Widescreen", and "Compression". Should the progressive button still be on when we watch non-enhanced discs or 4:3 discs? We're new at this, so we would really appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Brian
Then I tried The Abyss and Twin Peaks. What settings should we have for non-enhanced 16:9 DVD's and 4:3 DVD's? Do we need to change the aspect ratios in the DVD player? Or the TV? The options on the DVD player are the usual 4:3 Pan and Scan, 4:3 Letterbox, and Widescreen. The options for watching widescreen material on the TV are "Normal", "Widescreen", and "Compression". Should the progressive button still be on when we watch non-enhanced discs or 4:3 discs? We're new at this, so we would really appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Brian