DVDs claiming to be 16:9, but really letterboxed.

[Ext User(Mike)]

how annoying ! Is this common?

- "Twin Sisters" from "21st Century Pictures", cover says "16:9
widescreen", but its encoded 4:3 letterboxed.
- "Harvie Krumpet" released by MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT, claims "16:9
Anamorphic", but again is 4:3 letterbox.

If they weren't rentals, I'd demand a refund.

(As a nit-pick, The "Harvie Krumpet" even claims "DVD-9 dual layer",
though there is only 2.6GB on the disk.)

[Ext User(john)]

"Mike" <mike.n@nospam-westnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> how annoying ! Is this common?
>
> - "Twin Sisters" from "21st Century Pictures", cover says "16:9
> widescreen", but its encoded 4:3 letterboxed.
> - "Harvie Krumpet" released by MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT, claims "16:9
> Anamorphic", but again is 4:3 letterbox.
>
> If they weren't rentals, I'd demand a refund.

Doesn't bother me.
Use ifoedit to see the actual setting of the video. Might be your tv set
setting not setup correctly.

>
> (As a nit-pick, The "Harvie Krumpet" even claims "DVD-9 dual layer",
> though there is only 2.6GB on the disk.)

2.6gb left or used. Maybe not all the space is used.