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Originally posted by MurDiddlyUrdler
I see what you're saying, tomdkat, about this, but what I'm saying is that on a title like Rounders, part of the subtitles are authored below the actual film image. The video sent from the player to the TV has the subtitle near the bottom of the 4:3 frame. When your TV crops the top and bottom to make the letterboxed image fill your screen, it WILL lose some of the subtitles.
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I'm glad to hear the SD-4800 is working out so well for you!
Here's something for you to check out; put on Rounders in the SD-4800, hit the "Zoom -" button
twice, like you did before when Avia showed you effectively negated the TVs overscan by Zooming
away, and see how the sub-titles look (I know they will be completely visible) as compared to what you're currently seeing with your Sony. Since you are Zooming AWAY, the Toshiba should not have to adjust the subtitles as if you were zooming TOWARD you. If the subtitles appear the SAME as when the Toshiba Zooms toward you (the way you want it) then yo've proved that adjusting your TVs overscan setting would have "solved" your problem as your TV's "Zoom" would not be in
addition to the 5% overscan, since (after ISF calibration) you overscan could have been 0. You went the OTHER way and can use the DVD player to compensate for the TVs overscan setting by Zooming the picture AWAY from you.....
The upside (and bottom line) is you've found an affordable solution to your immediate problem, even though you're not getting the benefits of ISF calibration, which can always be done later on.
Be sure to let us know if you end up keeping BOTH players or "replacing" the Sony with the Toshiba.
Peace.....