I used to be a smart guy, but apparently my brain cells have been
leaking out.
I learned years ago, when buying my first DVD player, that I should
come to you guys first and ignore the techno-hype from the
manufacturers. So here I am again.
I received a new Olevia 37" HDTV as a gift. I hooked it up to my
powered antenna and get great to pretty good reception on all the OTA
channels here. I used to subscribe to DirecTV but I don't now, nor do I
subscribe to cable.
Network HD broadcasts fill the screen. Local programming doesn't.
I've got a 10 year old Panasonic A-310 DVD player which still works
perfectly, my leftover DirecTV Tivo box with programming still stored
and an RCA VCR. The DVD and the Tivo box are set to 16:9.
The DVD player and the Tivo are connected via Video/Audio out to the
two Component channels.
When I play a DVD, it doesn't appear I'm getting the full 16:9 output.
Could it be because it's 10 years old? When I display the channel
information, it says "Component 1
480i 60Hz
OFF"
In the 1:1 Aspect it appears as a very small picture in the middle of
the screen. About 1/4 size of the screen. In Aspect mode, the ratio
looks correct, but it's still shrunk to about 2/3 the size of the
screen. I get black bars all around, about 5" on a side and 3" on top &
bottom.
Full screen just stretches the image, Panoramic makes me dizzy to
watch. Zoom 1 looks better, Zoom 2 actually fills the screen but at the
price of using the Zoom feature.
As for the Tivo, I didn't notice any difference. It still comes up as
4:3 even though some of the recorded content is 16:9 and 2:35:1.
So, my DVD question is, is it too old to take advantage of the HDTV
capabilities?
BTW, I really don't want to hear that my problem is "using an Olevia
TV." I'm sure that has nothing to do with my question and is merely an
opinion. I'm looking for information and assistance, not a flame war.
Thanks,
rob
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