BH200 Resolution Settings Lock ?

As a new BH200 user I feel I am being driven to despair by the Resolution Settings - or lack of on this machine - which doesn't behave as I expected.

Coming from a Toshiba XE1 for which I can just select 1080i from the Setup Menu - I had expected to be able to do the same with the BH200 - but it just seems to be impossible as the setting is not being stored .

The Toshiba XE1 allows me to set 4x3 at 1080i so I can view all my old Full Screen and my modern Letterboxed movies without making any further changes - I am happy with the resolution of the pictures I get from my CRT PJ on a 4x3 screen - even though I do realise I could get a better picture by setting up for 1080i on a 16x9 screen in order to use all the available lines - but I prefer the simple Convenience of the 4x3 and Letterboxed approach.

Enter the LG BH200 and my First problem - 4x3 is ONLY available for low resolution settings and choosing my 1080i output forces a 16x9 image -

So I reset my PJ for a 16x9 image and watch my first movie - which I have to say looked OK - flushed with success I turned off system and went to bed

Next evening I turned the system back on and found I had NO PICTURE as the LG200 was now outputting 1080p - after spending some time pressing the RC RESOLUTION button I restored 1080i and got my picture back.

So the Second Problem is that the LG200 totally ignores its 1080i setting and reverts to 1080p whenever it's turned ON - even though the 1080i selection is still displayed shown in the Resolution Setup List.

Is there some way to LOCK the output to the selected Resolution Setting ?

Any advice from those with greater experience of this otherwise nice player would be very welcome and could help me avoid reverting to my XE1 and buying another BluRay player - or from modifying my LG200 with a brick.

Thanks for your reply regarding BH200 Resolution settings.

I do realise that modern films etc are scaled for Wide Screen - but what happens when you want to watch an UPSCALED 4x3 format DVD ? - This is what the Toshiba HD-DVD players allow you to do.

As I mentioned before - I choose to use this setting purely for the convenience of NOT having to alter the PJ settings when watching ANY DVD or HD-DVD as Letterboxed.

Coming back to the LG BH200 - I have to reset it each time I switch it ON as it reverts to 1080p during the Boot-up sequence.

I tried leaving it powered up - but in Standby mode - and again it reverted to 1080p during boot-up after I had pressed the "Power" button on the RC.

So far as I have been able to check it - the ONLY time that 1080i is retained is while the unit is powered up and running - changing Discs does NOT cause the resolution to alter.

I now have 2 settings on my PJ to accomodate 4x3 and 16x9 formats while the BH200 is set to 16x9 which is the ONLY format available for the 1080 line resolution. I need the 4x3 PJ settng to "Un-squash" the BH200 16x9 output when viewing a 4x3 Film.

I have now had a chance to compare a standard US BH200 with another US BH200 which has been upgraded to Multiregion DVD and selectable BD Region - Both units reset to 1080p during Boot-up.

My connection is from HDMI o/p of BH200 to Pioneer HDMI Switcher to HD-Fury D/A converter to supply RGB to the PJ. This setup works fine with Toshiba HD-DVD player and works OK with BH200 ------ except for the Failure to Store the 1080i Setting.

I wonder what Software / etc version you are using on your BH200 ? - is it possible that my resolution setting problem is related to a Later Software Version ?

I wonder where you are located ? - I am SW London.

Regards