Cartoon Network is showing anamorphic video

[Wag]

I turned on CN and noticed the anime looked smushed in 4:3. Widened it out, clearly 16:9 video. Hack something or other.

Never saw a channel do this before.

 

[Jassi]

Bastards may rot in hell!

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: Jassi
Bastards may rot in hell!

 

[OverVolt]

my mom always buys widescreen dvds for her normal TV, its drives me nuts on holidays when i gotta watch movies.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: OverVolt
my mom always buys widescreen dvds for her normal TV, its drives me nuts on holidays when i gotta watch movies.

youd rather watch full frame?

 

[OverVolt]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: OverVolt
my mom always buys widescreen dvds for her normal TV, its drives me nuts on holidays when i gotta watch movies.

youd rather watch full frame?

The cheap dvd player stretches the image and chops off the sides, like what you described.

 

[Spikesoldier]

what show is it?

 

[Wag]

Hack Twilight.

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: OverVolt

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: OverVolt
my mom always buys widescreen dvds for her normal TV, its drives me nuts on holidays when i gotta watch movies.

youd rather watch full frame?

The cheap dvd player stretches the image and chops off the sides, like what you described.

as far as i know, almost any and all dvd players will do letterboxing that is, it digitally adds the space on the bottom and top of a widescreen only dvd to make it appear ratio correct on a 4:3 TV. I haven't seen too many combo widescreen/fullscreen(pan and scan) dvds lately.

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid

Originally posted by: OverVolt

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: OverVolt
my mom always buys widescreen dvds for her normal TV, its drives me nuts on holidays when i gotta watch movies.

youd rather watch full frame?

The cheap dvd player stretches the image and chops off the sides, like what you described.

as far as i know, almost any and all dvd players will do letterboxing that is, it digitally adds the space on the bottom and top of a widescreen only dvd to make it appear ratio correct on a 4:3 TV. I haven't seen too many combo widescreen/fullscreen(pan and scan) dvds lately.

I know some default to either zooming or stretching the image. I know my friend's apex dvd player defaults to stretching the picture, screwing up the proportions. I don't even understand how she doesn't even notice this.