Re: SD DVD on HD TV

If using an upscaling DVD player - most non-blu-ray players these days are upscaling, you need to set the output to match your tv. But then you also need to set the tv to the correct aspect ratio.

This illustrates how the consumer is using technology without knowing anything about how to use it. Everyone buys the HD tv, because they are affordable and football games look awesome, but it seems many people are still watching SD programming and DVD's, myself included.

I would say 9 out of 10 people have no idea how to setup their DVD players for tv aspect ratio. While the DVR did away with programming a VCR, the DVD player aspect ratio problem has taken its place as something most consumers don't understand.

Since brides usually complain that they look fat on tv, viewing a 4:3 wedding stretched on a 16:9 screen will bring out the bridezilla in anyone.

To the original post - if you are selling DVD's to people, you need to be aware of how the end user is using the disc. Buy yourself a 16:9 set, even a $199 one from Costco, just to see what happens to your material on a 16:9 screen.

Mike Cohen