On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:21:16 GMT Wes Newell <w.newell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
| On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:52:39 +0000, Allen Watson wrote:
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|> I've been looking at specifications for video scalers, but as far as I
|> can tell, they provide only the standard presets-- fine for upscaling
|> 480-line stuff to full-screen on a 720p or 1080p monitor. I want
custom
|> settings that would let me, for example, display 480-line video on the
|> middle 480 lines of a 720p monitor. Are there scalers that can do
that?
|
| Set your TV for a 1:1 aspect ratio. That will display it as is. IOW's,
if
| it's 640x480 and you have a 1366x768 display, it will occupy the center
| 640x480 pixels. It will be small, but it will be super clear.:-)
Can you list a model that _actually_ does this? When I set them to 1:1
(not all can even do that) then the 640x480 input ends up as 1024x768,
filling the middle from top to bottom, with black sides (e.g. pillar
boxed). That _is_ a 1:1 aspect ratio ... just not a 1:1 pixel conversion
ratio. Converting 640x480 to 1024x768 is a 5:8 conversion ratio.
| I'm assuming all HDTV's have this setting since my inexpensive sets do.
Not the Vizio 32" my brother has. OTOH, the pillarbox picture looks fine
despite the 5:8 conversion.
What really sucks is when the station sends some 16:9 program in letterbox
over SD. 360 lines out of 480 would be used. Then that 640x360 picture
gets scaled up to 1024x576 on the 1366x768 screen. I refer to this using
the made up term "pilletter boxed". The Vizio set won't zoom it. It can
stretch it wider, but then it isn't 1:1 aspect anymore. It needs to have
a 33.3% (3:4) zoom that will obey when selected, even if it things
something
is going to be lost off the edge of the screen.
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