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In Reply to: Television Sets, What is the "Squeeze" Trick on DVD? posted by Lyndon on November 06, 2001 at 14:50:49:
The "squeeze trick" is actually a part of the TV. The TV that can do it will "squeeze" the scan lines to fill only the 16:9 portion of the screen when attached to a DVD player outputting a 16:9 signal. (most DVD plyers can be set via the menu to output to a 16:9) The DVD itself HAS to be "enhanced for 16:9" or "anamorphic" for it to work with a "squeeze"ing TV. The result is a much sharper image for widescreen movies. All the scan lines that FILL the normal vertical 3:4 screen are used WITHIN the 16:9 area when the "squeeze" is on.
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As to any low priced TV's ?????
And I don't think it will even work with anything less than a component connection either.. but on that I am not certain.
My Sony 36XBR400 does it and it is a great feature.
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My Toshiba 32A60 does the 'trick', after accessing the service menu, on any input (RF, S, or component).BTW, some sets will show just how bad they are when doing the 'squeeze'- you'll actually see vertical line resolution problems sometimes and can also have severe motion arctifacts as well.
I'm not saying don't do the 'squeeze' trick, but on lesser quality sets, the increase in resolution is not worth the other problems I just outlined.
Just MHO!
Dman
I have the same Sony and the 16:9 'squeeze' is outstanding on DVDs that provide the widescreen format. BTW, I actually prefer the 1080i interlace setting over the progressive scan.
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