The more I read about this and go through my menu settings, the more confused I become. Perhaps someone can explain in plain English.
I bought a Samsung DLP 50" HD set and invested in an excellent surround system. I have a DirecTV HD dish/receiver, and the picture quality is superb on the HD channels, especially Discovery and Bravo. I just wish there were more of them.
I have found that viewing DVD's is really a mixed bag. Some, like the Alien box set look just excellent on a big screen. Many look quite awful. Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You and My Fair Lady were huge disappointments -- wavy lines, ghost type images, mosaic-y patterns. (Interestingly, My Fair Lady was on one of the HD satellite channels last month, and it looked superb -- so the problem is with the DVD transfer, period.)
But my real question is about resolution and aspect ratio when watching DVD's on an HD set. No combination of settings seems to give me a full screen. With both the DVD player and HD set in 16x9 mode, my image is letterboxed on the screen. Is this normal?
I understand that DVD's are 720 lines and HD is 1080 but if the aspect ratio on the DVD is truly 16x9 and so is my TV, shouldn't the picture fill the whole screen, like movies over HD satellite do?
I am using the Sony DVP-NS975V SACD/DVD player, which boasts 720p/1080i upconversion, with an HDMI cable. I don't understand why my picture is still letterboxed. Thanks in advance for any help.
I bought a Samsung DLP 50" HD set and invested in an excellent surround system. I have a DirecTV HD dish/receiver, and the picture quality is superb on the HD channels, especially Discovery and Bravo. I just wish there were more of them.
I have found that viewing DVD's is really a mixed bag. Some, like the Alien box set look just excellent on a big screen. Many look quite awful. Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You and My Fair Lady were huge disappointments -- wavy lines, ghost type images, mosaic-y patterns. (Interestingly, My Fair Lady was on one of the HD satellite channels last month, and it looked superb -- so the problem is with the DVD transfer, period.)
But my real question is about resolution and aspect ratio when watching DVD's on an HD set. No combination of settings seems to give me a full screen. With both the DVD player and HD set in 16x9 mode, my image is letterboxed on the screen. Is this normal?
I understand that DVD's are 720 lines and HD is 1080 but if the aspect ratio on the DVD is truly 16x9 and so is my TV, shouldn't the picture fill the whole screen, like movies over HD satellite do?
I am using the Sony DVP-NS975V SACD/DVD player, which boasts 720p/1080i upconversion, with an HDMI cable. I don't understand why my picture is still letterboxed. Thanks in advance for any help.
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