43" 4:3 Tosh RPTV Aspect Ratio

[ColinD]

Hi

Setup

Tosh 2109b DVD
TV as title.

Lets take the gladiator dvd for example.

My DVD player is set to Widescreen. The movie plays and looks fab.

My question is this. The TV has an aspect ratio button that when pressed during the movie increases the size of the image.

The image could be described as streched.

Which one of these modes is the correct one to use.

Colin

[John Nelson]

Leave the picture as it is.

It sounds like your DVD player is sending a widescreen switching signal to the TV, and the Tosh is automatically going into 16:9 mode, which is how it should be.

Pressing the 16:9 button on the remote is putting the TV back into its standard mode, so you see the vertically-stretched (or more accurately horizontally-compressed :)) output. Believe it or not, some people like to watch films like this (it fills more of their 4:3 screen :rolleyes: )

-- J.

[ColinD]

Thanks John

That sounds logical to me.

Colin

[pjweston]

The Tosh will automatically select the correct ratio if the source is connected by fully wired SCART (at both ends) and is set to signal 16:9 switch (usually termed 'widescreen' or '16:9' in the device menus). Occasionally, though, you'll find that the broadcaster fails to correctly signal 16:9 at which point the aspect ratio button comes in handy (once you get used to 16:9, it's amazing just how easily you can spot a 16:9 image stretched to 4:3 :) ). Also, if your source does not use a SCART at its end - it uses a 5 pin s-video mini-DIN, for example - then you'll also need to use the aspect ratio button (since the mode switch cannot be signalled to the TV over just 5 pins).

FYI, note that if you manually set the aspect ratio, the Tosh. disables automatic ratio switching for that AV input. To re-enable it, you need to cycle away from the AV input and then back.

[tj_director]

to make extra sure everything is right -- when watching a 2.35:1 film, the picture should be about 15 inches tall (14.75 to be exact)

and with a 1.85:1 it should be apprx. 18"

With PAL (R2) pictures i find that it can be almost an inch shorter sometimes -- probably just me and my player though.

Also if you set up your player as 4:3, then the TV won't use the Widescreen mode, and you won't be making use of the Anamphoric coding an (most) DVD, and you'll find the picture to be around i inch taller -- and you'll soon start to learn the benefits and extra resolution that Anamphoric encoding brings.

Plus i won't be suprised if within a month or so you'll soon start to see how much PAL and NTSC pictures actually differ!!! I find it hard to buy and keep R1 nowadays unless i know i can't get it on R2 etc..