Re: Newbie question -- how to know if DVD is playing without distortion of picture

With the overwhelming number of formats for modern American TV, it would be nice if some computer module inside the TV would simply display the specs on the input signal the TV is processing. You could toggle the info display on and off like VCRs do with time/tape.

Otherwise we TV owners who sit in the dark must guzzle the suds along with Bill Turner. Ack.

	winfield



Beel wrote:
So I've told the DVD player that the TV is 16x9. And I have the TV set to play widescreen. But I am sometimes not sure if I am viewing a dvd with an undistorted picture.

With letterbox movies I know what size picture to expect, but I'm sitting here watching an NFL playoffs dvd. The picture fills the entire 16x9 screen and I can't decide if I'm looking at an undistorted picture. I mean, football palyers are wide even when they are not distorted.

Any advice?

-- BeeL 
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