Re: SD DVD on HD TV

The TV or the disk player may either or both suck at upscaling to fill the 16 x 9 from edge to edge. That's what it sounds like. Some brands I hear are better at this than others, I don't know if 1080 or 720 sets are better at it as a rule. the disk player and the Tv may be fighting each other, one is scaling up and the other, down.

If they try some menu settings on both machines it may improve, but this is a bad corner to get yourself into, asking the user to make what (to them) is a hugely inconvenient and technically difficult change to their set just to watch your product.

They can and deserve to get something that "just works" without having to make obscure (to them) accommodations, since everything else they get on the set is that way.

I used to have that kind of problem with dubs on VHS tape and certain users that had badly connected sets. They would call me complaining the tapes had no sound because their stereo settings and cables were all hosed up. After a while I sent them 2-track mono mixes instead and never heard another complaint.:-)

Try taking a DVD dub to the TV department at an electronics store to see if it looks the same on many different sets. Tell them you're shopping:-)

At least you may get some idea of where the settings are needing a change.