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glenncurrie
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: PS3 Letter box image |
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I'm new to this forum and to PS3 and hope someone can answer my question. How do you show a letterbox image with a DVD on the PS3? When I select 4:3 and Letter box it shows a square image. I have a HDMI connection to my Electrohome Marquee 8000.
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AnalogRocks
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4:3 is the big square image. What resolution are you running to your projector?How do you have it connected?
Are you trying to run 4:3 then just display the movie part and not the black bars?
Try setting your PS3 to 720P or 1080i. Both of those are native 16:9
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glenncurrie
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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I have tried both 720p and 1080p on the Marquee.
It is connected with: Marquee VIM-HD (With Gamma Circuit). I have a full screen with Blue Ray but not my regular DVDs.
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ecrabb
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Again... what aspects are all the items in question. Projector, screen, PS3, and the BD title and standard DVD title.
From your first post, given that you're selecting 4:3 and letterbox on the PS3, I'd assume you have a 4:3 screen. But, then in the last post, you say you 'have a full screen'.
Clarification, please.
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draganm
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Glenn has a 4.3 screen and the PJ is set-up for 4.3 raster usage. It was running properly with his old DVD player and scaler.
There doesn't seem to be a proper 4:3 setting on the PS3. There is some kind of confusing "full frame" setting on it but when you choose that it shows an image that's letter-boxed on all 4 sides and stretched in the vertical direction.
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ecrabb
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Ah. So, no problem with widescreen stuff - it's 4:3 DVD that's getting pillarboxed AND letterboxed on the screen. Hmm... I'm not sure there's a solution. I don't see how he'll even be able to watch a 4:3 DVD on the PS3 full-screen on his 4:3 screen. The PS3 is an HD device and by definition is 16x9. A 4:3 screen is really just kind of awkward now with all widescreen sources - because there's really no way to use it.
I suppose if you hooked up an s-video cable to the PS3 and used it that way, the PS3 might give the choice to switch aspect ratios - I don't know.
The thing is, in this day of HD, and considering that everything 4:3 is crappy SD, raster utilization (from a resolution perspective) isn't really an issue. Of course, uneven wear becomes an issue if you'll be watching a significant amount of material that way, of course.
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WanMan
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You know, I am actually experience a similar problem, but I am not gonna hijack this thread. 
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draganm
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| ecrabb wrote: | | Ah. So, no problem with widescreen stuff - it's 4:3 DVD that's getting pillarboxed AND letterboxed on the screen. Hmm... I'm not sure there's a solution. I don't see how he'll even be able to watch a 4:3 DVD on the PS3 full-screen on his 4:3 screen. The PS3 is an HD device and by definition is 16x9. A 4:3 screen is really just kind of awkward now with all widescreen sources - because there's really no way to use it.SC |
that's kind of what I suspected but I didn't want to be the one to tell him, he really likes his big-tall screen.  A widescreen movie looks normal so I guess he'll just have to use his old player/scaler for his "full frame" 4:3 movies.
Another local guy has a BD stand alone player and it won't playe 4:3 movies either so this isn't a big surprise. AAMOF, even thoguh 4:3 is dying out, I think the fact that HD-DVD does give you a 4:3 option is kinda cool and one more reason to say Sony sucks. 
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