4:3 Movies via HDMI? - Blu-ray Forum

whoisquilty · 09-12-2007, 12:03 AM

OK...so, I've had my Blu Ray player for a couple of months. Today I bought a Philips HD television. It's gorgeous and I'm seriously in love.

However, with all relationships, there are problems. I threw in one of my favorite older movies which happens to be in 4:3. It stretched it to 16:9 and I was told by Philips tech support that that's an HDMI issue.

So, in order to view older movies, I've got two connections coming out of my player. One HDMI and the other RCA for 4:3 movies.

Here's my Blu Ray question (unless someone has a fix for my problem). When 4:3 movies are released on Blu Ray, are there bars added to either side to correct the HDMI problem?

WickyWoo · 09-12-2007, 05:05 AM

That's not an HDMI issue unless your TV is misreading the kind of picture. Even then you should be able to force another mode.

Yes, the 4:3 stuff released so far has been pillarboxed

SVTRacer · 09-12-2007, 05:19 AM

I have a Samsung DLP HDTV, and some of the picture size display options are unavailable while using HDMI as well.

U4K61 · 09-12-2007, 05:39 AM

I checked out the one 4:3 DVD I have - Gone with the Wind. It is stretched to 16:9 on my set. I assume you ment DVD as in 'Old Movie'. DVD is recorded in 4:3 regardless weather it's full screen, letter box, or 'anamorpphic widescreen'. When an HDTV TV gets a 480p signal, it stretches it to fill the 16:9 screen. In the case of anamorphic - the stretching returns the image to its correct geometry. DVD is 4:3, the TV, not the DVD player, makes the wide screen image. To see an image that is ment to be seen as 4:3 on a 16:9 screen, use the picture size button on your remote. Blu-ray on the other-hand is native 16:9, so there is no anamorphic process. The TV displays the image as is. DVD is anamorphic so the format works on both 4:3 and 16:9 screen TVs.

Deciazulado · 09-12-2007, 06:10 AM

DVD is recorded in 3:2 in NTSC and 5:4 in PAL and the images inside those frame's "shapes" formated (coded) for either 4:3 display or 16:9 display.

btw in the case of the PS3, you can select the DVD material to be shown in 4:3 or 16:9 inside the 16:9 shaped HDMI 1080 x 1920 signal.

09-12-2007, 12:03 AM	#1
whoisquilty Member Member since:Aug 2007	4:3 Movies via HDMI? OK...so, I've had my Blu Ray player for a couple of months. Today I bought a Philips HD television. It's gorgeous and I'm seriously in love. However, with all relationships, there are problems. I threw in one of my favorite older movies which happens to be in 4:3. It stretched it to 16:9 and I was told by Philips tech support that that's an HDMI issue. So, in order to view older movies, I've got two connections coming out of my player. One HDMI and the other RCA for 4:3 movies. Here's my Blu Ray question (unless someone has a fix for my problem). When 4:3 movies are released on Blu Ray, are there bars added to either side to correct the HDMI problem?

09-12-2007, 05:39 AM	#4
U4K61 Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Connecticut Blu-ray collection:40 Blu-ray reviews:4	4:3 I checked out the one 4:3 DVD I have - Gone with the Wind. It is stretched to 16:9 on my set. I assume you ment DVD as in 'Old Movie'. DVD is recorded in 4:3 regardless weather it's full screen, letter box, or 'anamorpphic widescreen'. When an HDTV TV gets a 480p signal, it stretches it to fill the 16:9 screen. In the case of anamorphic - the stretching returns the image to its correct geometry. DVD is 4:3, the TV, not the DVD player, makes the wide screen image. To see an image that is ment to be seen as 4:3 on a 16:9 screen, use the picture size button on your remote. Blu-ray on the other-hand is native 16:9, so there is no anamorphic process. The TV displays the image as is. DVD is anamorphic so the format works on both 4:3 and 16:9 screen TVs. Last edited by U4K61; 08-06-2008 at 04:25 AM.

Similar Threads
thread	Forum	Thread Starter	Replies	Last Post
micro atx with hdmi... is it able to playback bluray movies?	Blu-ray PCs, Laptops, Drives, Media and Software	maxmcleod	5	08-14-2008 05:05 AM
Issue with 4:3 movies and HDMI on 16:9 TVs?	Blu-ray Players and Recorders	takezo	2	10-16-2006 09:32 PM
LOTS OF GOOD NEWS: HDMI 1.3 JUNE!, BLU RAY MOVIES ON Windows XP!!	Blu-ray Movies - North America	Health Nut	2	06-04-2006 10:20 PM

09-12-2007, 05:05 AM	#2
WickyWoo Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2007 Trading Score:2	That's not an HDMI issue unless your TV is misreading the kind of picture. Even then you should be able to force another mode. Yes, the 4:3 stuff released so far has been pillarboxed

09-12-2007, 05:19 AM	#3
SVTRacer Active Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Houston Metro Blu-ray collection:332	I have a Samsung DLP HDTV, and some of the picture size display options are unavailable while using HDMI as well.

09-12-2007, 06:10 AM	#5
Deciazulado Site Manager Top contributor Member since:Aug 2006 Location:USiberia Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:1159 Blu-ray collection:7044 DVD collection:4040	DVD is recorded in 3:2 in NTSC and 5:4 in PAL and the images inside those frame's "shapes" formated (coded) for either 4:3 display or 16:9 display. btw in the case of the PS3, you can select the DVD material to be shown in 4:3 or 16:9 inside the 16:9 shaped HDMI 1080 x 1920 signal.

Best Blu-ray Movie Deals