Re: Big purple digit

In article <fvr5tk$1od$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Keith F.
Lynch) wrote:

> mike weber <fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Oh you're watching on a ****table DVD player?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > It's not a problem with the disks, it's a problem with
> > the player.
> 
> If that were true, why do most discs play just fine?
> 
Because most discs use anamorphic widescreen.  It's the ones using
letterbox you seem to have the trouble with.  The player really ought
to have a way a playing these, and if it doesn't, then it's a fault
with the player.


> What I want is *more controls*.  Since they can all be put in
> software, rather than requiring additional physical buttons or knobs,
> there was no reason not to include them.

My widescreen TV does have this control.  However, I'll make the
following observations.  My DVD player is connected to my TV via a
SCART socket, but as my TV has only 2 SCART sockets, and I have three
devices connected to the TV via SCARTs, the DVD player is connected
through a four-way SCART adaptor.  This does not seem to carry the
signal that tells the TV what format the disc is in, and I have to
adjust the set manually.

My satellite receiver is connected to the TV directly through a SCART
socket.  This does detect the difference between 4:3 and anamorphic
widescreen.  I have to manually adjust for those channels showing in
letterbox.