If Blu-rays are NOT anamorphic how can they be used with 16:9 TVs?

[cinemad]

Most TVs add a 1.33 anamorphic Expansion. Wouldn't they distort the image on non-anamorphic Blu-rays?

Regards,
Peter mason

[Neil Midkiff]

Post by cinemad
Most TVs add a 1.33 anamorphic Expansion. Wouldn't they distort the image on non-anamorphic Blu-rays?

On every 16:9 TV I've dealt with, there's a menu option or remote button
which allows you to turn on or off the 1.33 horizontal stretch. I
always have it off, no matter what the source is (broadcast or disc).
It's only there, I think, for people who want the whole screen filled
even with 4:3 content and who don't mind looking at distorted images.

Also, the BD player will have a menu selection so you can tell it the
screen ratio of your display. That way it can generate the proper
signal to send to the TV; its internal logic will know how to deal with
DVDs of 4:3 and 16:9 content (for which the *player* does the anamorphic
expansion) as well as Blu-ray discs.

-Neil Midkiff

[Scott Dorsey]

Post by Neil Midkiff

Post by cinemad
Most TVs add a 1.33 anamorphic Expansion. Wouldn't they distort the image on non-anamorphic Blu-rays?

On every 16:9 TV I've dealt with, there's a menu option or remote button
which allows you to turn on or off the 1.33 horizontal stretch. I
always have it off, no matter what the source is (broadcast or disc).
It's only there, I think, for people who want the whole screen filled
even with 4:3 content and who don't mind looking at distorted images.

There is a bit in the data stream that says what the video format is. When
everything is working properly, the monitor will be set to whatever the
sending format is.

You can on most sets defeat it by hand with the remote, for better or worse.
This control is more often used to screw the image up rather than to fix it,
though.
--scott

[cinemad]

cinemad wrote: > Most TVs add a 1.33 anamorphic Expansion. Wouldn't they distort the image on non-anamorphic Blu-rays? On every 16:9 TV I've dealt with, there's a menu option or remote button which allows you to turn on or off the 1.33 horizontal stretch. I always have it off, no matter what the source is (broadcast or disc).

Wouldn't this mean that if you are looking at an anamorphic DVD that the image on the TV will be squeezed in and the image 4x3 rather than 16x9?





It's only there, I think, for people who want the whole screen filled even with 4:3 content and who don't mind looking at distorted images. Also, the BD player will have a menu selection so you can tell it the screen ratio of your display. That way it can generate the proper signal to send to the TV; its internal logic will know how to deal with DVDs of 4:3 and 16:9 content (for which the *player* does the anamorphic expansion) as well as Blu-ray discs. -Neil Midkiff

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Post by cinemad
Most TVs add a 1.33 anamorphic Expansion. Wouldn't they distort the image on non-anamorphic Blu-rays?
Regards,
Peter mason