pal widescreen?

[piratehunter]

Hey,

I've got a Widescreen TV and a region free dvd player. I recently got my first r2 disc. It plays fine, picture and sound, but the disc says its anamorphic, but it doesnt work. I have the player set for 16x9. whats the deal?

[EddyH]

can you describe what happens in a little more detail?

theres a number of things im evisaging (ok, maybe three, but thats still a number) you could be complaining about

[geek rock]

there is an issue with some NTSC multi-region DVD players that, when playing back anamorphic PAL widescreen discs (while the player is set to 4:3), that they don't add the borders, and as a result the picture looks stretched on a 4:3 TV.

but if you're watching on a widescreen TV and have your player set to widescreen, i don't see why there'd be a problem.

what's actually wrong with the picture you're seeing? are you sure the disc is actually anamorphic? try another anamorphic disc and see..

-Mark

[piratehunter]

Im playing them on a widescreen tv, but even when i toggle between wide and 4x3 it the picture still seems off. I got a film thats 185 and played it, and theres no black bar at the top, but there is a very thin one at the bottom. Very strange.

[geek rock]

so.. what's the problem?

a widescreen film will fill the whole screen on a widescreen TV set. a small black bar at the top or bottom is normal for a disc with a movie presented in 1.85:1. most TV sets have horizontal adjust settings so you can make the picture appear more in the centre of the screen.

-Mark

[oldfart13]

What player do you have? Most can't play anamorphic widescreen PAL on NTSC TVs. The newest "Wal-Mart Special" players like the Norcent DP-300 can (maybe also the even more recent DP-215) but they cannot be made "vcr friendly" by removing the macrovision protection. You win some, you lose some...