Dan Rees(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 5th December 2000, 08:45
I have recently bought the Alba DVD 103 system and a copy of American Beauty on DVD. By default the movie plays in widescreen format, despite me trying the various 4:3 system setups (I don`t own a widescreen tv).
Is there any way to get rid of the black borders without stretching the picture?
Dan.
RE: Alba Dvd 103 - widescreen on non-widescreen tvs
robert b(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Saturday, 9th December 2000, 13:42
no i had this touble with a pioneer 515 it the way the films are made. my alba 103 the wide srceen is just right i hate black borders i think you should get a chaep wide screen tv then u can enjoy the best from dvd the goodmans tvs are realy good i have one up stairs and a sony down stairs go one treat your self for xmas
This item was edited on Saturday, 9th December 2000, 13:42
RE: Alba Dvd 103 - widescreen on non-widescreen tvs
Dan Rees(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Saturday, 9th December 2000, 20:53
Yeah, I did a bit more reading and apparently only widescreen films with Pan and Scan can be set as 4:3 without stretching. Even then you will obviously lose the side edges.
On a similar note - I noticed Gladiator has a very high widescreen ratio - can this be PSed to the equivilant of the Gladiator VHS?
RE: Alba Dvd 103 - widescreen on non-widescreen tvs
cw2000(Competent) posted this on Saturday, 9th December 2000, 23:10
Most widescreen dvds prevent 4:3 Pan&Scan as it reduced the picture quality as it needs to zoom the image.
Also it adds to the disc space required as each frame has to have 4:3 crop info added.
4:3 Pan & Scan will only work with anamorphic widescreen and the discs have to allow it.
