Hello all, i bought this dvd player off a guy on craigslist for ~$75 which i thought of as a steal. It works great except for the fact that any anamorphic dvd is not displayed with the black bars on top and bottom. Its not re-compressing it (i think thats what it needs to do). My TV is a run of the mill plain CRT bout 5 years old.

I have tried every setting i could find in the setup of the dvd player to try and force it into making it appear correct but it just dosent want to.

Anyone got any clues or suggestions on how i might get it working? I got what i think is the latest firmware installed and working but still the problem is there.

Thanks allot for the help i really appreciate it!

Thanks,
ccdoggy

Hello all, i bought this dvd player off a guy on craigslist for ~$75 which i thought of as a steal. It works great except for the fact that any anamorphic dvd is not displayed with the black bars on top and bottom. Its not re-compressing it (i think thats what it needs to do). My TV is a run of the mill plain CRT bout 5 years old.

I have tried every setting i could find in the setup of the dvd player to try and force it into making it appear correct but it just dosent want to.

Anyone got any clues or suggestions on how i might get it working? I got what i think is the latest firmware installed and working but still the problem is there.

Thanks allot for the help i really appreciate it!

Thanks,
ccdoggy

I don't have that player, but most players have a setup selection describing the shape of your TV set: 4:3 or 16:9. Are you sure this is set correctly?

-Bill

yes, i have it set to 4:3 Letterbox

Hello all, i bought this dvd player off a guy on craigslist for ~$75 which i thought of as a steal. It works great except for the fact that any anamorphic dvd is not displayed with the black bars on top and bottom. Its not re-compressing it (i think thats what it needs to do). My TV is a run of the mill plain CRT bout 5 years old.

I have tried every setting i could find in the setup of the dvd player to try and force it into making it appear correct but it just dosent want to.

Anyone got any clues or suggestions on how i might get it working? I got what i think is the latest firmware installed and working but still the problem is there.

Thanks allot for the help i really appreciate it!

Thanks,
ccdoggy

Maybe that is why he sold it?

no he sold it beacuse it was overheating. a problem i fixed by placing a few heatsinks on the main video processing chip.