I have the Hitachi 5500W, and am looking at the purchase of a new screen.
Although the PJ is 4:3 native resolution (SXGA), it produces excellent 16:9 images, and I use this most of the time as I only watch HDTV and DVD.
9 times out of 10 it's perfect when watching widescreen DVD's with the PJ set on 16:9, however tonight I watched "From Dusk till Dawn", and had some issues.
The DVD player is always setup for 16:9 rather than 4:3.
When I watched "From Dusk till Dawn" using the PJ's 16:9 setting (as usual), it 'squashed' the image, which has never happened before with any other widescreen movie? I had to change the PJ's settings back to 4:3 to get a proportional image that looked perfect?
My problem is... I want to buy a widescreen as it's future proof as most HDTV is broadcast on widescreen. Most DVD's are perfect with 16:9 selected, and at the current throw distance, the image height EXCLUDING the black borders is 90cm. The movie "From Dusk till Dawn" shown on the PJ's 16:9 setting was 90cm INCLUDING the black borders. I had to change the PJ back to 4:3 to get an 'un-squashed' image, which made the image size 115cm excluding borders.
I'm assuming (probably not wise) that if I purchase a widescreen screen, that the normal viewing of DVD's will be fine, however there will be no black border on the new screen? Is this right? Or will there still be a small black border visible on the screen? If there is not, that means that I will not be able to watch "From Dust till Dawn" (or similar movies) on the new widescreen sceen if 4:3 is selected? I think I need to know how a widescreen image is displayed on a widescreen screen, as in if it has visible borders?
Sorry if this email is confusing as hell, and thanks for those who understand and give me some (hopefully) good answers to my dilema!
Thanks guys!
Sean
Although the PJ is 4:3 native resolution (SXGA), it produces excellent 16:9 images, and I use this most of the time as I only watch HDTV and DVD.
9 times out of 10 it's perfect when watching widescreen DVD's with the PJ set on 16:9, however tonight I watched "From Dusk till Dawn", and had some issues.
The DVD player is always setup for 16:9 rather than 4:3.
When I watched "From Dusk till Dawn" using the PJ's 16:9 setting (as usual), it 'squashed' the image, which has never happened before with any other widescreen movie? I had to change the PJ's settings back to 4:3 to get a proportional image that looked perfect?
My problem is... I want to buy a widescreen as it's future proof as most HDTV is broadcast on widescreen. Most DVD's are perfect with 16:9 selected, and at the current throw distance, the image height EXCLUDING the black borders is 90cm. The movie "From Dusk till Dawn" shown on the PJ's 16:9 setting was 90cm INCLUDING the black borders. I had to change the PJ back to 4:3 to get an 'un-squashed' image, which made the image size 115cm excluding borders.
I'm assuming (probably not wise) that if I purchase a widescreen screen, that the normal viewing of DVD's will be fine, however there will be no black border on the new screen? Is this right? Or will there still be a small black border visible on the screen? If there is not, that means that I will not be able to watch "From Dust till Dawn" (or similar movies) on the new widescreen sceen if 4:3 is selected? I think I need to know how a widescreen image is displayed on a widescreen screen, as in if it has visible borders?
Sorry if this email is confusing as hell, and thanks for those who understand and give me some (hopefully) good answers to my dilema!
Thanks guys!
Sean