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Squid Lips · 07-16-2008, 12:13 AM

I am in the US with an NTSC TV and an old APEX 600 all region player.

I notice that when I play some DVDs that are wider aspect images, they still play stretched to fit my 4x3 tube. I go into menu and toggle between Normal, wide and Normal letterbox but all settings have the same effect: A slight black bar at top and bottom but pretty much 1.33 frame.

Am I missing something or for some reason do widescreen outer region DVDs just not show in their native aspect on an NTSC TV? I have noticed this with the double disc of Predator as well as Madman's Red Desert but if I play an NTSC DVD that is wide it will play correctly.

07-16-2008, 12:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Squid Lips Actor Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Los Angeles CA	Aspect Ratio from Other Region To NTSC I am in the US with an NTSC TV and an old APEX 600 all region player. I notice that when I play some DVDs that are wider aspect images, they still play stretched to fit my 4x3 tube. I go into menu and toggle between Normal, wide and Normal letterbox but all settings have the same effect: A slight black bar at top and bottom but pretty much 1.33 frame. Am I missing something or for some reason do widescreen outer region DVDs just not show in their native aspect on an NTSC TV? I have noticed this with the double disc of Predator as well as Madman's Red Desert but if I play an NTSC DVD that is wide it will play correctly.