5xx- Aspect ratio menu

[Gordon]

Does the aspect ration menu option do anything with widescreen TV's?

Gordon

 

[Hall]

You don't mean a 522, do you ?? I can't find that in my menus...

 

[Gordon]

On my 510 if you go to menu - installation- picture (I believe- not in front of me) there is a choice for 4:3 or 16:9. Just wondering if it does anything with a widescreen TV.

 

[n0qcu]

No, It doesn't

 

[Hall]

Probably similar to what many DVD players do with an "artificial" stretch function. Why not just try it ??

 

[GaryPen]

Gordon - I just tried it with my 510 and Sony HDTV. The 510 created a letterboxed image within a 4:3 picture, leaving left and right bars. In order to fill the wide screen, I had to use the Sony's "Zoom" format setting.

I then compared picture quality between that and what I had been using, which is the 510 set to 4:3, and the Sony's format set to "Wide Zoom".

Quite frankly, using the Sony's "Wide Zoom" with the 510 set to 4:3 looked much better. I would imagine your widescreen TV would also provide similar results.

OTOH, when my DVD player is set for 16:9, it fills the Sony perfectly, instead of creating a letterboxed image within a 4:3 picture.