DVDs - all the movies I have burnt are in widescreen - I would prefer to view them in normal screen is there somehow I can do this?
if you strech a video from wide screen to standerd your picture will: be distorted out of shape or you will cut the sides of the picture off on both sides and not get the full image.
So I gather that this is impossible to do then with quality results. i hate watching big black borders and the movie in the middle and we don't plan on updating our tv's as we are more sports enthusiasts and so I guess we just settle for a poor reproduction and one that was meant for large movie theatres??? Correct?? Cheers
correct. Either that or get standard DVDs when you buy or in some casses rent them Also some times the DVDs have standard on 1 side and widscreen on the other. in that case rip the Standard side for the full screen. Also a sugestion. I used to hate the widscreen to when I didnt have my wide screen TV, So id zoom in on the DVD while watching it. Yes you get a little bit of the sides missing but it gets rid of the top and bottem part of the movie. So try to zoom in most DVD players offer that.
Me too larrylje. 16:9 zoom. No more black bars on top and bottom for widescreen. Still there on letterbox but not as bad. Mort
Actually, widescreen IS normal. That's the way that movies are meant to be seen. That's why theater screens are in widescreen format. When's the last time you saw a movie in fullscreen format, at a theater? When you watch a movie in fullscreen, that was originally in WS (This movie has been formatted to fit your screen), you're missing about one third of the movie. I read that they're phasing out the 4:3 (fullscreen) formats, when building tvs. Soon, all tvs will be widescreen. Even with widescreen tvs, you can still get black bars at top and bottom, depending on which WS format was used. Then, when you watch a fullscreen movie on a WS tv, you'll have the black bars on the sides. Within the next year or two, ALL tv stations MUST broadcast a digital signal. That doesn't necessarily mean WS pictures, but since most are going HD too, that does pretty much mean WS. May as well try to start getting used to it. I, personally, WILL NOT buy or rent a fullscreen movie. I just won't watch it, before I'll watch it in fullscreen. Even on a 4:3 tv................
These are very good replies,as i mentioned we are out doing amateur sports all year round and so we don't have time to watch all that much televison. These explanations have made us realize that when this tv up and quits on us we will undoubtedly have to do a post here and find out what the latest is for any backups of movies that we do. The better half and I are Noob's to all this and basically are doing backups of our "baby boomer" live concert collection that we don't want to see get damaged and unviewable so we really appreciate the experienced comments here. The abbreviated tersm that were in the post like "WD" etc. what do they stand for. We believe that it must have something to do with the digital mastering??? Could someone please explain? I appreciate your patience with questions of this nature. Respectful Regards,
@Appa I think your talking about JVC he usses WS = Widesreen and HD = High Defenition. Widscreen is a TV that is wider then a standard TV. Standard TV is more square where a widescreen is more rectangle. Im sure you understand what a widescreen TV is. HD which is high defenition is a new form of broadcasting that alot of channels are going to. Better color managment bigger screen erra and better sound quility. With high defenition you will either need a widescreen with a high def reciver in it or you will have to have a high def ready TV which you can hook a High Def reciver up to it. Alot of the channels dont offer high def but more and more are adding them in. I get high def with my charter cable which I get abd cbs nbc etc etc in high def and also HBO and SHowtime movie channels and sports channels like espn. I am a sports fanatic as well and watch alot of hockey football nascar and the high def is great when its is availble. Unbelivable sound and video quility. Hope the information was of some use.
Great info, thankyou for clarifying this foggy mind when it comes to all this new technologies with TV and DVD formats. I appreciated it very much. As I mentioned we are too busy doing amateur sport to go out and get a TV at this point as we honestly don't watch too much of it. However the day will come and it is better to ask questions when the opportunity arises, like now. Thankyou again for the comments. Cheers
