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Originally posted by MurDiddlyUrdler
This is the way that my TV works in EXPAND mode. The mode is intended for letterboxed 4:3 video. It simply crops off the top and bottom and expands what's left to fill the whole 16:9 screen. It is indeed different from zooming in on the entire image. Perhaps this is where we were confusing each other.
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This is a VERY interesting point...
how any given TV does it's "manipulation" of 4:3 material. I wonder how much differently various 16:9 TVs do this.
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Yeah, I'm a bit surprised that I hadn't heard more about this player before yesterday. It's comparably priced to the Sony and has some great features for widescreen TVs. I'm impressed with it so far.
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The funny thing is I did NOT know ANY of what you describe about what the SD-4800 can do until you posted it! I had heard the SD-3800 and the SD-4800 do Zooming, but that was about it. From what I've also read, the SD-3800 and the SD-4800 are VERY close, if not identical, in terms of video processing components and you can see how well the SD-3800 did in the recent
Secrets DVD player shootout.
I think I'll pick up a Sd-3800 or a SD-4800 and check it out, like I'm doing with the Sony DVP-NS715P.
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I've not mentioned yet that the SD-4800 also supports DVD-Audio, which is not important to me at all, but nice to have nevertheless.
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My Pioneer DV-656a does as well, even though I have yet to play a DVD-A disc...
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And the SD-4800 is also black and matches my other components, something the Sony does not (again not a big deal, but nice nevertheless).
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Believe it or not, this is a BIG issue for many people. Fortunately, my Pioneer and Sony match (closely enough) my Toshiba 57HX81 so I have a mixture of black and silver/gray components....
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Thanks for reading them. Good discussion we've got going on here. This is what these forums should be for.
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Yeah, this has been a great discussion....
Peace.....