Caption display on letterbox DVD with 16:9 display

I have a 16:9 display. When viewing DVD content authored in letterbox
(not anamorphic-widescreen), I use the "zoom" view mode (instead of
full-mode) on my TV to show the letter boxed content.

All works great, but when I turn on the caption on the dvd-player, the
caption gets clipped off at the bottom.

Is the caption position specified by the DVD content? Or is my
dvd-player not displaying it correctly? If I have a 4:3 TV, then the
caption position is correct, it is out of the picture. But I have a
16:9 TV, so the position it displays the caption is wrong.

Will getting a different DVD-player help? I have an old Toshiba 5-disc
DVD changer.

Thanks.

Raymond

nospam.dvd@none.com

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> I have a 16:9 display. When viewing DVD content authored in letterbox
> (not anamorphic-widescreen), I use the "zoom" view mode (instead of
> full-mode) on my TV to show the letter boxed content.
>
> All works great, but when I turn on the caption on the dvd-player, the
> caption gets clipped off at the bottom.
>
> Is the caption position specified by the DVD content? Or is my
> dvd-player not displaying it correctly? If I have a 4:3 TV, then the
> caption position is correct, it is out of the picture. But I have a
> 16:9 TV, so the position it displays the caption is wrong.
>
> Will getting a different DVD-player help? I have an old Toshiba 5-disc
> DVD changer.



it's the fault of the dvd maker - they choose where the subtitles appear -
and badly designed dvds will present them in the missing area.
some tvs allow you to shift the picture up to take account of this - but
that's still a bodged solution.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/

the dog from that film you saw

wrote:

>All works great, but when I turn on the caption on the dvd-player, the
>caption gets clipped off at the bottom.

Use the zoom function on your DVD player instead of on your TV.

Kimba W Lion

Kimba W Lion <kimbawlion> wrote:

> wrote:
>
> >All works great, but when I turn on the caption on the dvd-player, the
> >caption gets clipped off at the bottom.
>
> Use the zoom function on your DVD player instead of on your TV.

Thanks for the tip, that sounds like it'd work. I don't have a
widecreen tv but I play with others' sets.

Walter Traprock

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>
> I have a 16:9 display. When viewing DVD content authored in letterbox
> (not anamorphic-widescreen), I use the "zoom" view mode (instead of
> full-mode) on my TV to show the letter boxed content.
>
> All works great, but when I turn on the caption on the dvd-player, the
> caption gets clipped off at the bottom.
>
> Is the caption position specified by the DVD content? Or is my
> dvd-player not displaying it correctly? If I have a 4:3 TV, then the
> caption position is correct, it is out of the picture. But I have a
> 16:9 TV, so the position it displays the caption is wrong.
>
> Will getting a different DVD-player help? I have an old Toshiba 5-disc
> DVD changer.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Raymond

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Just one more reason that I detest non-anamorphic DVDs
Some companies insist on still releasing them.
MGM is one of the worst. 1.66:1 movies need anamorphic too.

Richard C.