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Maks · 11-02-2006, 08:11 AM

Good to know, but a few months, ouch. I think this tv is on from 7pm to 3am daily. I will try to put in on zoom mode in the wee hours when we're just leaving the beast on for company & sound.

Hey, I watched my first wide-screen DVD yesterday, a real Hollowood stinker called MI3. I konked halfway, but I'm told that it was just an act of self-preservation. Latex masks and microchips...yawn.

When I found that the 16x9 setting displayed a flattened DVD image, I used one of the zoom modes and the image filled the left/right edges of the screen leaving a sliver of letterbox on top and bottom. All that seemed like normal behavior and of course it seemed less sharp than the flattened 16:9 setting.

This got me interested in these new "Hi-Def" DVD players (and presumably more HD content later down the road).

Question: do you or anyone here know what an HD DVD would look like displayed using my TV's 16:9 mode? (rather than the less-sharp zoom mode, which clearly reduces picture quality at the expense of size)????? Is 16:9 what HD DVD is all about?

Thanks.

11-02-2006, 08:11 AM	#68
Maks My plasma is High Def. Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 5	Hd Dvd???? Good to know, but a few months, ouch. I think this tv is on from 7pm to 3am daily. I will try to put in on zoom mode in the wee hours when we're just leaving the beast on for company & sound. Hey, I watched my first wide-screen DVD yesterday, a real Hollowood stinker called MI3. I konked halfway, but I'm told that it was just an act of self-preservation. Latex masks and microchips...yawn. When I found that the 16x9 setting displayed a flattened DVD image, I used one of the zoom modes and the image filled the left/right edges of the screen leaving a sliver of letterbox on top and bottom. All that seemed like normal behavior and of course it seemed less sharp than the flattened 16:9 setting. This got me interested in these new "Hi-Def" DVD players (and presumably more HD content later down the road). Question: do you or anyone here know what an HD DVD would look like displayed using my TV's 16:9 mode? (rather than the less-sharp zoom mode, which clearly reduces picture quality at the expense of size)????? Is 16:9 what HD DVD is all about? Thanks.