2004-07-29, 01:08 AM
I'd love to see a option for people with 16:9 televisions that scale 4:3 video sources. Â For those unfamiliar with anamorphism:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/article....mo.html
What I envision is a setting that tells the PVR software what the output device's aspect ratio is. Â If the video card is putting out a 4:3 video signal, and your output device is 16:9, then the PVR would "squish" the video such that it appears proper at 16:9 display resolution. Â 4:3 video sources played on a 16:9 might have black bars added to the edges, or zoomed to full frame.
While I'm at it, I've always wished for a selectable mode that would push a 4:3 ratio video to one side on a 16:9 display. The extra space would then be used for email alerts, guide data, whatever.
I dunno, just rambling I guess. Still waiting for my capture device to be delivered, so hope to be a GB-PVR user soon. Â Right now, I'm just playing with existing video libraries.
Jake
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/article....mo.html
What I envision is a setting that tells the PVR software what the output device's aspect ratio is. Â If the video card is putting out a 4:3 video signal, and your output device is 16:9, then the PVR would "squish" the video such that it appears proper at 16:9 display resolution. Â 4:3 video sources played on a 16:9 might have black bars added to the edges, or zoomed to full frame.
While I'm at it, I've always wished for a selectable mode that would push a 4:3 ratio video to one side on a 16:9 display. The extra space would then be used for email alerts, guide data, whatever.
I dunno, just rambling I guess. Still waiting for my capture device to be delivered, so hope to be a GB-PVR user soon. Â Right now, I'm just playing with existing video libraries.
Jake