Star Wars DVD - Widescreen

by **CodeRed68** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:05 pm

tommy, i have a widescreen tv (60"), and the dvd i bought was widescreen version. Yes, I see the letterbox also. It is normal to see the black bars on top and bottom.
There is nothing wrong with this. Enjoy.

by **JimmyTango** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:20 pm

CodeRed,

Go into your DVD player's menu. There should be a setting, 4:3 or 16:9. If you set it at 16:9 the black bars should be removed as the actual film then cfills the screen of your TV.
It could be that it will not work with the SW DVDs.

by **JimmyTango** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:23 pm

Originally posted by Tommy Boy
mine us currently set to upconvert to 1080i and maybe what I need to do is lower this? It would seem that the DVI connection does not require such a high upconversion...
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DVI is nice because instead of having your DVD player convert it from a digital singal to analog, then your TV convert it from analog to digital it is a straight digital signal. If your player upconverts to 1080i keep it that way, as long as your TV is compatable with 1080i that is. Some HD TVs are not, especially LCD's. It may be your TV is only 720p compatible.

by **Tommy Boy** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:00 pm

I have DLP not a LCD so I think that I am OK, but I will check into it for sure.

Thanks man...

BTW, Star Wards looks amazing on DVD on the DLP!

by **JimmyTango** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:47 pm

See, the HD format is still not official. Many were making 720i and 720p sets that are not 1080i, yet all are sold as 'HDTV.'

It has also held up the new DVD standard, which has it's own industry fighting between two formats!

You TV may be 1080i compatable, but it's native resolution is 720p(the resolution it works best in). I would try 720p and see if that helps.

by **Chacal** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 5:06 pm

Originally posted by JimmyTango
Chacal, he has a widescreen LCD.

Oops, I missed that. I guess I just assumed Tommy was lost again

by **Tommy Boy** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 5:25 pm

HA!

Tommy was way ahead of you this time Chacal!!

Thanks Jimmy...I will switch to 720p and see if that makes a difference.

by **JimmyTango** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:13 am

Whatever happened with this?

by **Tommy Boy** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:56 pm

I still have not had any luck with the settings on my DVD player, or TV. I still get the "letterbox" effect on my Star Wars DVDs.

by **King** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:06 pm

You bought the silver one, right? :rotflmao:

by **BladeRunner** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:32 pm

Tommy, the answer to your question:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?threadid=332900

by **Tommy Boy** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:00 pm

Thank you Blade...Since I have asked many questions on that forum before, it would have been too easy for me to look there I suppose...

Thanks for the info, and for reminding me how stupid I really am!

by **yaDad** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 4:55 pm

Originally posted by Tommy Boy Himself

.... how stupid I really am!

He said it not us!!!

by **VlfPlyer** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 6:46 pm

Originally posted by Tommy Boy

Thanks............for reminding me how stupid I really am!

I'm guess that little slip of the tongue will come back to HAUNT you.

Yeah! Got my Halloween pun in again this year.

by **Tommy Boy** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:51 pm

thanks smackers....

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