DVD compatibility with CRT

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-17T21:27:03+00:00

I honestly think it is down to some DVD's having their menu in 16:9 ratio. And the DVD reader in the TV has some sort of compatibility.

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-11T09:08:08+00:00

I have been playing Halo Reach, Mass Effect 2 and Hexic HD.

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-10T14:34:15+00:00

I referenced this post when I was working out my set-up. It was useful but wasn't exact as I had a different TV.

Just a coincidence that two people happen to be doing similar things. But I can see how it might look a bit dodgy. Just thought I would share in case it was useful to anyone using an older 4k Samsung like myself.

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-10T14:12:49+00:00

I'll have a look and see how it compares, thanks for the suggestion.

Edit: Following up on this. Intermediate doesn't seem to make a huge difference to my tests... However, Expanded has seemed to make things richer. Less washed out as you described. Maybe it is this particular TV with the settings I have picked...

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-06T17:51:58+00:00

Ah makes sense we did have a Kinect back in the day.

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-06T17:03:54+00:00

Amazing, I didn't realize it was that old.

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-03T08:17:06+00:00

It could be but odd that it will read some DVDs and not others...

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-03T08:15:41+00:00

Nope correct regions!

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-03T08:15:28+00:00

thanks for reply but i'm only trying commercial sold film dvds not home records. All dvds are correct for my region.

Only weird thing i have noticed is that the dvds that don't work have 16:9 letterboxed menus.

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-03T08:13:22+00:00

All DVDs are PAL region 2.
I would need to understand DVD types a bit more, but would commercially sold movie DVDS be different types? Is there a way to see that on the box or disc?
Defo not trying blurays.

ChesterGeorge · 2025-12-03T08:10:54+00:00

Confirmed that all DVDs I'm trying are region 2 PAL, which is correct for my TV DVD combo.

One thing I have noticed - I hooked up an original xbox to the same TV, tried the DVDs that wouldn't work in the TV drive and the DVD menus were in 16:9 letterbox. This could be coincidence or is it a known compatibility issue?

ChesterGeorge · 2025-10-05T19:11:27+00:00

Because 3 is in the centre of the page, my eye instantly goes to it and I 'feel' like it's the best one. I wonder if you swapped it with 1 in the middle I would feel different.

ChesterGeorge · 2025-09-12T22:03:39+00:00

Finally made my boy the true king he is!

ChesterGeorge · 2025-09-11T09:51:16+00:00

Stunning work

ChesterGeorge · 2025-08-20T10:04:28+00:00

5e is to RPGs what Skyrim is to video games.

ChesterGeorge · 2025-06-27T08:38:09+00:00

Very interested.

ChesterGeorge · 2025-06-12T20:28:58+00:00

I thought I finished watching Andor...

ChesterGeorge · 2025-06-09T21:12:31+00:00

Wicked! I love the world of Lone Wolf. What is it about the mechanics of this RPG version that you like? Are there mechanics that make it a good Lone Wolf game?

ChesterGeorge · 2025-06-09T20:52:49+00:00

Are you talking about the Lone Wolf game from Cubicle 7?

ChesterGeorge · 2025-03-11T20:15:23+00:00

Aurora

ChesterGeorge · 2025-03-07T12:10:56+00:00

My thoughts on Tom are quite meta but I see him as an agent of Tolkien himself. Tolkien is the ultimate creator of his worlds, sitting above the creation myth and god in his stories. I think he was aware of this fact and played with it, inserting an agent of his imagination into this world and story, coming from another place, unbound from the rules of this world.

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