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DVD picture too small using component cable

my dad has a cheap Sony DVD player and a Vizio 42" plazma TV and I hooked it up using component cables. I was surprised to see the picture did not fill the screen. It is stuck in the 4/3 spot (though widescreen mode) to explain: there are black bars to the sides and above and below the picture.

I have a Muse DVD player and 50" Vizio and I use component cables and it fills the picture completely or it may have black bars above and below but never on the sides.

Is this because the Sony DVD player is too cheap or too old? (it is both) What can I do? I went thru both carefully and could not find a resolution adjustment - I presumed the component cables determined that anyway...

thanks for any info!

Phil

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elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
You are out of luck. that DVD player, being cheap, and was made ONLY for the 4:3 'full screen' market. It HAS NO MENU for being on a 16:9 TV because it was never made for a 16"9 TV.
Being cheap sometimes is just too cheap to work.
I am sure it works great on an old 4:3 screen TV.
audiolui
280 posts
 
Well, time for a new player. Latest DVD players are quite inexpensive. Better yet, get a Blue Ray player.
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philjolet OP
2,262 posts
 
thanks everyone! my suspicions are confirmed. my dad will never cough up the dough I am sure...

:^D
millicurie999
55 posts
 
that's what father's day is for.....
rwwear
2,692 posts
 
Does it do it with all DVDs? Most older widescreen DVDs are not anamorphic and if the player is set for anamorphic or compressed mode it will not let you change the screen size. The TVs's remote should have a resize button that will fix it.
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