Admittedly dumb DVD Player question
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IUGrad12 Unregistered guest | Recently, I upgraded the poor quality DVD player that came with my home theater in a box. I fought and fought with myself over whether I would notice a real significant difference between HDMI and component video. Went with the standard progressive scan component. Anyway, it's a pretty standard $80 DVD player. 420p progressive scan. Here's the part that I'm afraid is going to make me smack myself. It's 420p...does that have anything to with the fact that, despite having a 16:9 HDTV, I still see DVDs in letterbox? If I had spent the extra cash to get a 720p/1080i DVD player, would I be seeing all of my 65" screen filled up when I pop in a DVD? I don't watch an absolute ton of movies, so if that's the case, I'll just eat crow for a while until I decide to fork out more money for another DVD player. Just wondered if that was why. Maybe I'm wrong and I'm supposed to see letterbox. Also, with my relatively limited DVD viewing, I shouldn't have to worry too much about burn-in from the black borders in the letterbox format, right? All answers appreciated. |
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Bronze Member Username: The_nerdly_guyPost Number: 17 Registered: Apr-05 | Hey IUGrad12! I found a few articles at TechLore ( www.techlore.com ) that should answer your question. "How various DVD aspect ratios will appear on your TV screen": http://www.techlore.com/article/10025/ "How To Configure Your DVD Player For a Widescreen TV": http://www.techlore.com/article/10092/ |
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Gold Member Username: SamijubalPost Number: 1137 Registered: Jul-04 | Progressive has nothing to do with widescreen. If you don't want to watch WS, get a player with zoom. |
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IUGrad12 Unregistered guest | Thanks for the info guys. Nerdly Guy, that was exactly the kind of information that I was looking for. I did some reading on my own and suspected that it had something to do with the aspect ratio that the movie was filmed in, but I hadn't found a site that put it as clearly as the link you gave. Sounds like it's just kind of hit or miss with the aspect ratio depending on the DVD. Sounds like the 1:85:1 ratio is becoming more popular as widescreens become more affordable for the public at large. |
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Silver Member Username: Virus5877West Lafayette, Indiana USA Post Number: 126 Registered: Apr-05 | Honestly, you expect Dumb questions from IU grads... Sincerely, The Purdue Student.  |
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