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I have two friends who have 16X9 HDTVs. One is a Sony 34 inch picture
tube and the other is a Pioneer 65 inch rear screen projection. Both
have Pioneer CLD-703 players. The Sony is connected using the
composite video input, and the Pioneer is using the S-Video input. In
both cases when they play a widescreen Laserdisc they do not get a
picture the fill the screen from left to right. In theory if the film
is in 1:85 (modern standard frame) the picture should fill their
screens. If the film is in Panavision (2:25) or CinemaScope (2:55) or
other process they picture should fill the screens from left to right
with black banks along the top and bottom. This is the way DVD's play
on their systems. However, what they get is a smaller perfectly
centered picture with black bars on all four sides. They can stretch
the picture to fill the screens by using their TV's different screen
modes, but this can cause a loss in picture quality.
Is this something that is common when playing widescreen LaserDiscs on
16X9 HDTVs. My HDTV is a Sony 40 inch picture tube in standard 4:3
aspect ratio. I watch a lot of LaserDiscs and DVD's of pre 1954 films
and this set gives me a large 1:33 picture and a good size (18X32 or
15X32) widescreen and HD picture. When I play widescreen LaserDiscs on
my old Pioneer CLD-201 (using the composite input) I get a picture
that fills the screen from left to right (32 inches) with the height
depending on the film's widescreen process. So there seems to be a
difference in how widescreen LaserDiscs play on 16X9 and 4:3 HDTVs. (I
am assuming that my friends 703 players are better than by cheapo 201
player).
I would appreciate any info, comments or advice on this subject, as I
have several friends who have large LaserDisc collections and are
about to purchase HDTVs, and this issue may influence what type they
purchase.
Thanks in advance.
I have two friends who have 16X9 HDTVs. One is a Sony 34 inch picture
tube and the other is a Pioneer 65 inch rear screen projection. Both
have Pioneer CLD-703 players. The Sony is connected using the
composite video input, and the Pioneer is using the S-Video input. In
both cases when they play a widescreen Laserdisc they do not get a
picture the fill the screen from left to right. In theory if the film
is in 1:85 (modern standard frame) the picture should fill their
screens. If the film is in Panavision (2:25) or CinemaScope (2:55) or
other process they picture should fill the screens from left to right
with black banks along the top and bottom. This is the way DVD's play
on their systems. However, what they get is a smaller perfectly
centered picture with black bars on all four sides. They can stretch
the picture to fill the screens by using their TV's different screen
modes, but this can cause a loss in picture quality.
Is this something that is common when playing widescreen LaserDiscs on
16X9 HDTVs. My HDTV is a Sony 40 inch picture tube in standard 4:3
aspect ratio. I watch a lot of LaserDiscs and DVD's of pre 1954 films
and this set gives me a large 1:33 picture and a good size (18X32 or
15X32) widescreen and HD picture. When I play widescreen LaserDiscs on
my old Pioneer CLD-201 (using the composite input) I get a picture
that fills the screen from left to right (32 inches) with the height
depending on the film's widescreen process. So there seems to be a
difference in how widescreen LaserDiscs play on 16X9 and 4:3 HDTVs. (I
am assuming that my friends 703 players are better than by cheapo 201
player).
I would appreciate any info, comments or advice on this subject, as I
have several friends who have large LaserDisc collections and are
about to purchase HDTVs, and this issue may influence what type they
purchase.
Thanks in advance.
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