Upconverting DVD stretch 4:3 video? Sony DVP-NS710H/B 1080p Upscaling DVD Player, Black
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There is a setting to keep the player from stretching the 4:3 picture. Why people like to watch stretch-o-vision is beyond me.
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Why should I drive properly in my lane when I have the whole road to myself? Because it is the right thing to do and the purpose of the exercise. Why watch a movie in a distorted form. 4:3 is 4:3 period. 16:9 is better and thankfully where everything is finally going but that doesn't mean it is better for everything. Sorry it is a purity of quality thing. What's your opinion on colorizing old movies?
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Most movie theatres use only a portion of the screen for flat 1:85 pictures. The reason you don't see black bars on the sides is that they use black masking curtains that close in and cover the unused portion of the screen. On a widescreen TV, 4:3 is done the same way except without the masking curtains to cover the black bars. I can't imagine any movie theatre stretching a flat picture to cover the full CinemaScope screen. Why distort a 4:3 picture on a widescreen TV. I want a perfect picture, not a distorted one.
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Just to piggy back on something in one of the posts (LG) I'm shopping for a new dvd player because my LG just tapped out after 11 months and I maybe viewed 10 movies on it. And yes the costs of labor exceeds just buying something else.
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So you can switch to 4:3, but, will it play 4:3 in 1080p? The Toshiba XDE600 doesn't, it plays 4:3 material in 480.
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Actually why would someone have an expensive wide screen and watch it at 4:3 is beyond me. It becomes very hard to see and it is like your TV has shrunk. Most recent flat screens will widen it without too much distortion.
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Maybe some people don't like the characters to all look like short fat people?
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Does this DVD allow older 4:3 content on disks to be displayed on my HDTV in original 4:3? I saw a post on a LG DVD that forces all 4:3 content to be stretched to 16:9, and I loathe that distortion. Any experience with other upconverting DVDs?
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Quality of the DVD is lot lower compared to HD programing either off the air or via cable or satelite. Average DVD provide 480 p in terms of the resolution. HD braod cast are either in 720 p or 1080i depending on the broadcast. If you really want to see a difference in your TV resolution you need to get an either HD dvd player or Blueray DVD player that is caperble of playing dvd's at higher resolution. HDMI cable is not going to be solution to increasing of the resolution however you will receive the both video and audio in digital format. There are DVD players with "upconversion" offering resolution to 720p with a little better picture . Still original content is geard for 480 resolution. Welcome to the world of confusing DVD, TV, HD formats. Pri
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With my Panasonic plasmas (42" and 50"), which are 2006 and 2007 models, I have found the upscaling very good. In fact, it's hard to get around them, since these plasmas have native resolutions that no DVD player can match (expect for 1080p models). 720p on both 42" and 50" models is not quite true 720p (it's acutally 768p), so no matter what, the Panasonic will be doing some upscaling. As far as medium DVD players and DVD upscalers for around $100 and below, I have seen very little difference. Even compared to my 4 year old Sony 480p player. I would say HDMI provides a smidge better detail, but it's not dramatic by any means. I haven't tried the up-market upscalers (Oppo, Reon chip), so I can't comment on them, but I doubt the difference would be dramatic--the Panasonic just has to do too much upscaling on it's own, regardless of what signal you send to it... My brother says his 700U 1080p also has very little difference with new upscaling DVD players as opposed to his older 480p player, so it looks like Panasonic's upscaling chips on these TV's are indeed rather good...
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All of the answers given are very accurate. My only issue (and it may be something I didn't do) is that I do not feel the 1080p up-conversion of standard dvd's is that great compared to an older sony BDP-S590. But all in all, a great player with far faster load times and audio quality and beautiful Bluray quality. And if anyone knows the secret to great up conversion with this machine, feel free to comment
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Yes, this player will upconvert DVD's as well as play blu-ray discs up to a resolution of 1080i through the component jacks. In "video settings" select "component video out" and the proper resolution can be selected, up to and limited to 1080i, however. But the picture still should look great on your HDTV.
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Brian, I did purchase this DVD player and it will not upscale through component, only through HDMI. I guess I have to live with 480p for now until I get a TV with HDMI inputs.
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I believe that one can adjust the settings for video output display, but I haven't done this yet. Out of the box, this plays SD dvds in the original aspect ratio (as stated on the back of the dvd box). So, for MASH First Season, one will see black bars on the sides of his screen, if he has a wide screen tv. The image is nearly a square, on screen. Upscaling is very good. I can't comment on all the other features as I just got it, but you will need to connect this with an ethernet cable from your main computer/ or router. In my case, this means buying a 50 foot cable ($25.00). I also suspect that download speed with your ISP and perhaps even the quality of your router may affect performance of Netflix and Pandora options.
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You can go into the settings and select the aspect ratio. Make sure it's updated to the most current firmware.
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I would search online under "iView 105HD 1080p 5.1 Channel DVD Player user's guide" or "iView 105HD 1080p 5.1 Channel DVD Player owner's manual". That way you won't lose anything in interpretation or opinion.
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The description states, "1080p up-conversion to up-convert content recorded in the 480i/p or 720p format to 1080p." That means your regular old discs play, and it makes them look more like HD discs.
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The screen resolution plays dvds in amazing clarity. Since the player won't do blu ray discs, I assume the screen is not a 1080p.
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HDCP requirements forbid DVD players from upconverting copy-protected DVD content to greater than 480p over component video for piracy reasons (since it's a non-encrypted analogue signal). If the disc is not CSS encrypted, then it can upconvert to 1080i on this player. Unfortunately, almost every commercially pressed DVD is CSS encoded.Some players can be hacked to bypass the HDCP restrictions. I have heard that a firmware hack exists for this player... do a Google search and I'm sure you'll find it. I can't vouch for it, myself.
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The 85's DVD 24P conversion is excellent, as is its upscaling w/24P. Just make sure you have 24P turned on in the Setup menu and then you will have to manually turn on 24P via the Display menu for DVD's you wish to playback in 24P. This manual setting is done because not all DVD's are 24Fps and it causes bad artifacts if played at the wrong frame rate. So, each DVD must be set to 24P manually, although Blu-ray is a native progressive format and so 'knows' the frame rate the disc was encoded in and plays it appropriately if 24P is set in the Setup menu. Even now, in 2013, many BD players are not good at converting DVD to 24P, or won't do it at all, so the BD85 is still superb for DVD's at 24P. Its BD picture quality is still state-of-the-art and unless you need 3D, nothing produces a better image - plus it has discrete 7.1 RCA audio outputs, which is a rarity on players today, but a must for those with older receivers that dont support TrueHD ot DTS-HD audio but do have multichannel inputs - if they don't wish to upgrade their receiver the BD85 will allow them to experience the modern lossless audio formats without being downsampled and reencoded to standard lossy Dolby Digital or DTS formats for compatability.
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Alright thank you. I think blurays will automatically upscale on even old players but I'll UPGRADE
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Dear Peter, Thanks for your inquiry. Since there are no 4K or UHD discs available, the Blu-ray player itself does not upscale. There are however, many audio receivers that do upscaling and perhaps that is what you are asking. Hope that makes things clearer for you. Regards, Eric Cohen World Wide Stereo
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Spec sheet doesn't specify which version of 4K HDMI Video output/up scaler - probably a question best posed to Sony.
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Thx Gibo, but could you be a little be more specific... I mean... What format do Rip dvds have? If this upscaling dvd player cant... which one can?