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  1. 2nd Mar 2003 11:10 #1
    zilber
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    Right now I have a 4:3 tv, and I have been burning widescreen movies as 4:3, meaning that I get a leterbox format. If I burn a DVD as 16:9, the sides are cut out on my tv. I am planning to buy a 16:9 aspect ration TV, and I am sure that the DVDs that I have burned as 16:9 with DVDSP will look fine on the 16:9 tv, but the sides are cut off now on my regular TV. Will the DVDs that I burn for my 4:3 tv now with a 4:3 aspect ration (letterbox widescreen) look fine on the 16:9 TV that I am going to buy within the next couple of months? Thanks.
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    Just make sure your new TV has 'zoom' feature. I accidentally made a 4:3 letterbox DVD with DVDSP, and it does come up as 4:3 on my Sony 28" widescreen, but all I have to do is hit the zoom button...
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  3. 2nd Mar 2003 13:47 #3
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    Choose "16x9 Pan and Scan" for true 16x9 video, and "16x9 Letterbox" for 4x3 video that has black bars on the top and bottom. If your TV is not displaying the sides of the video when in "16x9 Pan and Scan" mode, then you have either your DVD player or TV set incorrectly. My bet is on the DVD Player. It should add black bars on the top and bottom automatically and display in widescreen ratio on a 4x3 TV.
    I like systems, their application excepted. (George Sand, translated from French), "J'aime beaucoup les systèmes, le cas d'application excepté."
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  4. 2nd Mar 2003 14:00 #4
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    Thanks. I am going to give it a try. I use my xbox as a dvd player.
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  5. 3rd Mar 2003 03:37 #5
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    Yeah, it sounds like your DVD player is set up to play DVDs in 4:3 if possible. Go to the Xbox setup screen and set it so widescreen material plays as widescreen. Who knew DVDSP flagged 16:9 DVDs to be compatible with on-the-fly pan and scan? A relative rarity, I've found.
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  6. 3rd Mar 2003 10:40 #6
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    Under what circumstances would someone choose DVDSP's combined "16:9 Pan/Scan and Letterbox" option?
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  7. 3rd Mar 2003 11:37 #7
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    Originally Posted by schmeg
    Under what circumstances would someone choose DVDSP's combined "16:9 Pan/Scan and Letterbox" option?
    When you want people with DVD players set to Pan/Scan to get a Pan/Scan image. Then it just zooms in on the anamorphic picture (well, actually shows it at its full resolution on a 4:3 TV) and chops off the side instead of downscaling the image to preserve the aspect ratio.

    In idealistic terms, you never want this to happen. Letterbox all the way!
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