Which format do I need

[dijon]

Iv'e been downloading and burning for quite a while with good results, but I lent a friend a couple of movies he said that on his TV one is tall and thin and the other is about the size of a letterbox. I have deduced that because I have wide screen tv and he only has a normal bog standard one that the problem must be there. What format do I need to convert them to rectify this. I use cucusoft, tempenc/ and main concept and then burn with nero.

[monzie]

Tell your mate to BUY a telly made this millenium.......why waste YOUR effin TIME time?

[underwurlde]

Seconded!

Arf Arf

[yoda313]

Hello,
Use "keep aspect ratio" to maintain the same 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 ratio. It will still have the black bars but won't be stretched or shrunk.

monzie-Tell your mate to BUY a telly made this millenium.......why waste YOUR effin TIME time?

That's not very helpful. Besides, I don't have a widescreen yet. I'm gonna wait until I have to here in the US (when they force hdtv on us- I want it I'm just not ready to spend $1000 US or more yet).

Kevin

[monzie]

Got to admit I'm a bit baffled by the US.......do you have normal (non HDTV) NTSC widescreen tellys (as we Brits/europeans do.....with PAL)?

Isn't it you guys (via the motion picture experts group blah blah etc) that came up with the standards in the first place?

Hell, you'd STRUGGLE to buy a 4:3 telly overhere nowdays (or for the last 5 years....)

And if you've got a ws and an .avi enabled DVD player (or TV out on your pc) the TV can correct/fill/zoom/crop video to your liking..plus the hardware as well.

So.....whats the standard for new TV's in the US (or Canada)...is it still 4:3?

[yoda313]

Hello,

monzie-Got to admit I'm a bit baffled by the US.......do you have normal (non HDTV) NTSC widescreen tellys (as we Brits/europeans do.....with PAL)?

Well as far as I know most of the new tvs here are NTSC 16:9 HDTV READY (ie all you need is a hdtv tuner to accept broadcast signals - some have them built in now). There are other variants like edtv and other hdtv knockoffs.

Isn't it you guys (via the motion picture experts group blah blah etc) that came up with the standards in the first place?

I assume it was us who pushed it. Though, I think Japan was the first to come up with a modified hdtv (although I think it bombed because it wasn't up to snuff).

So.....whats the standard for new TV's in the US (or Canada)...is it still 4:3?

No. It will be 16:9. Any new tv will be the widescreen format. Though as I mentioned there are some models that use "fake" hdtv specs - fake in that it doesn't offically say hdtv. Just a way to get people to spend $1000 USD on something they thought was real I guess.

Hope this helps.
Kevin
P.S. I'd have to check the stores but I think you MIGHT still be able to buy a 4:3 square tv, though that would be tough.