Topic: Pioneer DV-696AV-S player

[ProtegeManiac]

picture quality of the 696 is actually better than the 490, its somewhere on this thread or the 06 pioneer dvp thread.

[skylynx888]

Guys, my brother owns this unit and is connected via HDMI to his panasonic 50pv70, as far as i know this player can upscale to 1080i, but according to him, 720p lang daw pwede e-choose 

Help naman, baka may alam kayo sa settings ng player.
thanks.

[happyfische]

guys naexprience nyo na ba sa 696 yung naka set sa 720p ang hdmi resolution then when u on/off the unit sobrang laki ng screen (yun pala bumalik sa 480p ang setting)  and di ba parang napipixelized sya specially dun sa mga scene na madidilim??? am using it connected sa hitachi8800 42" plasma

[happyfische]

one more thing my 696 will only play some of my dvd in 4:3 format, but if i play d same disc sa toshiba dvd player ko ok naman naka letterbox, pls advise thanx

[reynold]

one more thing my 696 will only play some of my dvd in 4:3 format, but if i play d same disc sa toshiba dvd player ko ok naman naka letterbox, pls advise thanx

Check the video setup of the player... might be in 4:3 format... check mo din kung naka-zoom yung player, or might as well, reset the player (check your manual on how to reset settings of your player)

Goodluck

[happyfische]

it's set in 16:9 naman, and di naman nakazoom,  may 2 black side panels lagng lumalabas, hayyyy, ano kaya problema?

[reynold]

it's set in 16:9 naman, and di naman nakazoom,  may 2 black side panels lagng lumalabas, hayyyy, ano kaya problema?

Are you sure your dvds are in widescreen format? the reason why black panels appear in a widescreen tv/lcd is because the format of the movie is in fullscreen...

anyway, have you tried to reset your dvd player?

[Alfie]

It's the DVD.

Some data are encoded to be played only at a maximum 480p resolution.

If one goes to a higher display resolution(720p, 1080i),the images gets compressed to broadcast the resolution properties.

Change it to 480p, and you'll get the intended normal size picture. 

[streetsmart]

It's the DVD.

Some data are encoded to be played only at a maximum 480p resolution.

If one goes to a higher display resolution(720p, 1080i),the images gets compressed to broadcast the resolution properties.

Change it to 480p, and you'll get the intended normal size picture. 

Interesting. I have the same DVD player and I sometimes have the same problem but since I use a video processor, I can adjust the picture to fill up the screen, even at 1080p. I haven't tried displaying at 480p .. maybe tonight, just to experiment.

I always thought that the problem was that the DVD is non-anamorphic. Technically, the DVD was encoded with a 4:3 Frame Aspect Ratio, even if the image was actually 16:9. That's why it doesn't fill up the screen.