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Anyone know about vertical compression?

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Samwise

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I recently bought a Sony Wega KV-32FS100 32" TV and I was wondering about the vertical compression that it comes with. I was watching the Lord of the Rings Extended Version (widescreen) and decided to turn on the 16:9 vertical compression because I read that it would increase the resolution. Well, the resolution was increased and it looked great except that everything was scrunched down and everything was shorter and fatter than it should have been. It doesn't seem like this is such a great option if it distorts the picture. Am I doing something wrong or does it have something to do with my DVD player or my connection? I have a Toshiba single disc DVD player currently connected with a S-video cable. Also, the UHF/VHF connector does not accept my attenna. The small wire in the middle of the attenna connector won't fit in the hole in the middle of the connection in the back of the TV. Has anyone ever heard of this and is there anything I can do? Thanks.
 
yes, it indeed adds a lot of resolution by not using your TVs scan lines to produce black bars.

You'll need to set your DVD player to 16x9 to get the proper aspect. Then you'll use the squeeze (vertical compression).
 
vertical compression is like horizontal compression...turned 90 degrees...

Actually I've never heard of that whole increase resolution. I've always watched things in the resolution they were given to me in because anytime you resize only one aspect (horizontal or vertical), you will get scrunching since something has to give or stretch. Your television size is fixed.
 
Sorry about that last post...
Thanks Spidey. I was wondering about edge enhancement. It has levels of low, high and off. What would be best for DVDs, TV, and video games?
 
You need to tell your DVD player that you're TV is a widescreen TV. Otherwise the DVD player corrects the aspect ratio for you. Your TV then compresses the already correct video, resulting in video that is at an incorrect aspect ratio.

DVD players typically default to a non-widescreen output since 4:3 is far more common & most people don't have vertical compression available to them.

When configured properly, though, anamorphic DVD looks great. 33% greater vertical resolution than would otherwise be available.

Viper GTS
 
samwise,

SVM and other edge enhancements should be turned off for the greatest level of detail. It may look soft, but in reality there is more detail and you'll loose that hard "edgy" look.
 
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