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diabolos
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_ 		21. October 2005 @ 09:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I was just wondering if the 16:9 mode found on alot of 4:3 ratio tvs is the same as an actual 16:9 ratio tv. What I mean is, if your watching a widescreen DVD on a 4:3 tv with the "16:9 mode" enabled, would you set your DVD player to output a signal for a 16:9 tv or a 4:3 tv?

Also, is there a difference between 16:9 mode on a standard 4:3 TV verses 16:9 mode on an 4:3 HDTV (other than resolution capabilities)?

ThanX,
Ced
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TooBokoo
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_ 		21. October 2005 @ 15:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you use the 16:9 compression mode I think you'd set your DVD player for 16:9
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_ 		21. October 2005 @ 19:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The 16:9 mode on a 4:3 screen is not a true 16:9 pic it'll be more of letterbox picture (black bars). If you have your TV on 16:9 and your DVD player on 16:9 the TV will be in letterbox. Then the signal sent by the DVD player (anamorphic) will be strecthed out making the black bars a little smaller. But you have to think a 4:3 screen is 4 units wide every 3 units tall. The 16:9 is 16 units wide every 9 units tall. So you can never really get rid of the black bars on a 4:3 TV. You'll get the widescreen picture put it'll condense itself to fit your screen. The anamorphic picture if it's stretched properly will look clearer than the normal signal 16:9 versus 4:3 ratio.
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diabolos
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_ 		22. October 2005 @ 07:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I know you can't fill the screen I was just wondering which mode the DVD player should be in to make the picture look the way its suppose to.

Thanx,
Ced
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Daurker
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I was just wondering if the 16:9 mode found on alot of 4:3 ratio tvs is the same as an actual 16:9 ratio tv.
Sorry must have read into it too much 16:9 all the way.
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wolfniggr
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_ 		23. October 2005 @ 13:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Set your dvd player to 16:9 ratio. Any time you watch a dvd enable 16:9 mode on your tv. The reason you want to use this mode on your television is so that lines of resolution are not wasted on the black bars.

If you are watching a full screen dvd, do not use the 16:9 mode on your tv and you don't have to change the aspect ratio on your dvd player from 16:9.
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diabolos
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Thankz wolfniggr,

So there is a difference between 4:3 "Letter Box" and 16:9 Mode! That explains why it looks so much better when 16:9 mode is on and I'm watching anamorphic DVDs.

Thankz again for explaining the 16:9 mode feature to me,
Ced
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