Aspect ratio question about the official Thundarr the Barbarian DVD-R's - Blu-ray Forum

Supermartyoh · 09-12-2016, 02:41 AM

Sounds like the content on the DVDs is incorrectly flagged and stretched (or cropped) to Anamorphic 16:9 (or 854x480), when it should display as 4:3 non-anamorphic 720x480 or 525. But may not be the case.

Keep in mind that most DVD players stretch 4:3 non-anamorphic when the video signal (ether using standard, component or upscaled HDMI connections) is outputted to a widescreen display set to "16:9 wide" or whatever setting name the monitor uses. Some 4:3 settings on TVs and HDTV units squeeze the picture size or simply crop the sides of the images, which can look ugly if its stretched 4:3.

Try different 4:3 or non-anamoprphic media on the TV set to the 16:9 wide setting and see if it displays properly when set to 4:3 screen mode. If it squeezes back, the disc is incorrectly flagged. If the TV's 4:3 setting may the cropping the sides by instead of squeezing, try watching it on a 4:3 monitor and see if it fills or looks squashed to letterbox. Another less convoluted way to tell is by putting in the discs on a PC with any media player on a widescreen monitor. If it fills the entire 16:9 area in full screen mode without changing any player settings, the DVDs are incorrectly flagged for 16:9 when they should be 4:3.

09-12-2016, 02:41 AM	#2
Supermartyoh Banned Member since:Aug 2016	Sounds like the content on the DVDs is incorrectly flagged and stretched (or cropped) to Anamorphic 16:9 (or 854x480), when it should display as 4:3 non-anamorphic 720x480 or 525. But may not be the case. Keep in mind that most DVD players stretch 4:3 non-anamorphic when the video signal (ether using standard, component or upscaled HDMI connections) is outputted to a widescreen display set to "16:9 wide" or whatever setting name the monitor uses. Some 4:3 settings on TVs and HDTV units squeeze the picture size or simply crop the sides of the images, which can look ugly if its stretched 4:3. Try different 4:3 or non-anamoprphic media on the TV set to the 16:9 wide setting and see if it displays properly when set to 4:3 screen mode. If it squeezes back, the disc is incorrectly flagged. If the TV's 4:3 setting may the cropping the sides by instead of squeezing, try watching it on a 4:3 monitor and see if it fills or looks squashed to letterbox. Another less convoluted way to tell is by putting in the discs on a PC with any media player on a widescreen monitor. If it fills the entire 16:9 area in full screen mode without changing any player settings, the DVDs are incorrectly flagged for 16:9 when they should be 4:3.

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