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feldon34 · 05-31-2001, 06:15 PM

DVDs that are anamorphic widescreen or "enhanced for widescreen TVs" have 25% more picture information hidden on the disc that's not seen on regular TVs. On an HDTV, a TV with "anamorphic squeeze" or a "16:9 mode" such as the Sony WEGAs (I think these TVs are TOTALLY overpriced and overhyped) and the widescreen LCDs from Apple, etc. plus their Titanium laptop, DVDs reveal this extra resolution.

The .99K wide version of the Aquarium provides the widescreen image in the same way. You just set your video out to 800x600 or 1024x768 and then set your HDTV, monitor, 16:9 TV, or LCD display to anamorphic TV mode and boom, it works.

The key is that the anamorphic image is squashed horizontally and then stretched back out with the 16:9 mode on various TVs, LCDs, etc.

05-31-2001, 06:15 PM	#8
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Re: So where are these widescreen monitors? DVDs that are anamorphic widescreen or "enhanced for widescreen TVs" have 25% more picture information hidden on the disc that's not seen on regular TVs. On an HDTV, a TV with "anamorphic squeeze" or a "16:9 mode" such as the Sony WEGAs (I think these TVs are TOTALLY overpriced and overhyped) and the widescreen LCDs from Apple, etc. plus their Titanium laptop, DVDs reveal this extra resolution. The .99K wide version of the Aquarium provides the widescreen image in the same way. You just set your video out to 800x600 or 1024x768 and then set your HDTV, monitor, 16:9 TV, or LCD display to anamorphic TV mode and boom, it works. The key is that the anamorphic image is squashed horizontally and then stretched back out with the 16:9 mode on various TVs, LCDs, etc. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman