Why waste $2,000 on a WidescreenTV if it turn out like this

[Beautiful Alone]

Okay, what's the point of buying a Widescreen TV if a NON-anamorphic DVD movie like this...






for those of you that have a Widescreen TV, does it really look like that on a non-anamorphic movie? hmm...i was thinking of getting a widescreen tv, butta after reading non-anamorphic dvd movies turned out to be like that, I'm now starting to change my mind.

Is it possible to make a vcd & svcd movie look great on both 16:9 TV and a 4:3 TV?

I heard that if you make a svcd Anamorphic, it will look good on a 16:9 TV, but it will look strectch on a 4:3 TV.

but then again, if you make your svcd non-anamorphic, it will look good on a 4:3 TV, and it will look like the picture above on a 16:9 TV.

you know, an Anamorphic dvd movie look great on both 16:9 and 4:3 TVs. but..how do i make Anamorphic Vcd & svcd which will look great on both TV's? [/url]

[therick]

All of the 16:9 televisions I have seen have excellent stretch capabilities.

For example, I was at a friends house who has a 47' Toshiba Theatre Wide HDTV monitor and we watched a football game off of satellite in widescreen format and it did it excellently. The 4:3 broadcast looked good in 16:9-there were no visible distortions in stadium shots or shots of players. I was amazed. They said they watch everything in 16:9 (even VHS) and that it looks great.

So I wouldn't worry about non-animorphic DVDs...

[xzarkad]

I have a widescreen TV and about 250 DVd's. Two of them are non-anamorphic. The rest are anamorph or 16:9 anamorph.

Suppose you have a 231:1 movie. On a 4:3 TV set you will have 60% of black bars. On a 16:9 TV set, you will have 30% of black bars. So there is a difference.

All my SVCD's are anamorph. (about 500) It depends on the source you use. I never encode a DVD which is in 4:3 format.

If you want to have a anamorphic SVCD, just set the encoder to 4:3 function. This means that the picture will "squeezed" to fit in a 4:3 frame. The result is mostly that people get "eggheads" on a 4:3 TV. Well, thats anamorph. Your widescreen TV will stretch the movie again horizontally, and the aspect ratio is correct again. If you source is 4:3 however, then your SVCD will also be on 4:3 format. But if you have a movie in original format on DVD, and you will rip it, then the above method will show it's benefit in combination with a widescreen TV.

Most of my friend changed to a 100hrz widescreen TV, and no-one ever wants to go back to the 4:3 TV set's.

[Beautiful Alone]

I have a widescreen TV and about 250 DVd's. Two of them are non-anamorphic. The rest are anamorph or 16:9 anamorph.asf

Does your non-anamorphic dvd's really look like the picture i showed you above?

If you want to have a anamorphic SVCD, just set the encoder to 4:3 function. This means that the picture will "squeezed" to fit in a 4:3 frame. The result is mostly that people get "eggheads" on a 4:3 TV. Well, thats anamorph. Your widescreen TV will stretch the movie again horizontally, and the aspect ratio is correct again. If you source is 4:3 however, then your SVCD will also be on 4:3 format. But if you have a movie in original format on DVD, and you will rip it, then the above method will show it's benefit in combination with a widescreen TV.

well..then, how do i encode my SVCDs so it would look great on both 16:9 and 4:3 TV's? 8)

[snowmoon]

No non-anamorphic look correct, they are just a little softer then the anamorphic equivilent.

SVCD's do not universally support 16:9 enhanced mode, so if you choose to 16:9 anamorphic compression be warned that not all DVD players can letterbox them properly on output.

[guitar_george_skank]

If you want to have a anamorphic SVCD, just set the encoder to 4:3 function. This means that the picture will "squeezed" to fit in a 4:3 frame. The result is mostly that people get "eggheads" on a 4:3 TV. Well, thats anamorph. Your widescreen TV will stretch the movie again horizontally, and the aspect ratio is correct again. If you source is 4:3 however, then your SVCD will also be on 4:3 format. But if you have a movie in original format on DVD, and you will rip it, then the above method will show it's benefit in combination with a widescreen TV.

On my early DVD rips I noticed that I got the egg head effect because I had encoded at 4:3. This plays great on my 16:9 TV because it gets stretched out again but luckily my 4:3 TV has a 16:9 option which puts black bars on the screen to resize a 4:3 picture down to a 16:9. I think most modern TV's have this facility (or maybe I'm just lucky).

I should mention that this only works when the source is 16:9 of course.

So one option is:

Encode your 16:9 DVD's in 4:3 to play on a 16:9 TV and use the 16:9 option on your 4:3 TV (if you have one).

[Mars-L]

Finally someone with the same ideas
I always encode all my 16:9 movies to "anamorphic" SVCD's.
They look great on 16:9 TV's and with the 16:9-button also on 4:3.
knowing someday I'll buy a 16:9 tv, I think I will never regret that decision

And besides...16:9 stretched on 4:3 doesn't look that bad at all. Personally I prefer that above letterboxing or black-bars.

[guitar_george_skank]

I'm glad to see someone else has got a 16:9 button on their TV. I was beginning to think I was the only one!