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greenrl
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 Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:59 pm Post subject: Changing TV Aspect Ratio in DVD Mode |
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I would like to be able to change the Samsung TV Aspect Ratio while in the Sony DVD Mode since some DVDs can have different aspects. I have the discrete Samsung codes to do it or could use Format button. Can I do this with a key move? The two devices have different protocols.
The IR file is basically the same as last time...
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=9470
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vickyg2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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I just recently got one of those wide screen tv's and I don't know how you could possibly watch it without that button on almost all modes.
Getting my aspect ratio onto both DVD and CBL mode were the two most important keymove I made.
Getting the remote to work with the minimum amount of changing modes is really important for me. That's one of the best things about these little remotes.
| Quote: | | I have the discrete Samsung codes to do it or could use Format button. Can I do this with a key move? The two devices have different protocols. |
I tend to like the format button, because its easier to use. I just cycle through them unitil I get the people to not look so fat! If I had to remember 4 buttons I think it would get to be too difficult.
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I find i never change my tv's aspect ratio/ format. It's a samsung wide screen dlp
In this discussion it may matter what type of connection you use. I use hdmi and dvi.
My sat box/DVR and DVD players are set to add black bars for non-wide content and my tv is set to wide. This way nothing is ever stretched. I refuse to watch channels that broadcast stretched content and claim it is wide/HD.
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3FG
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We have Sony and Vizio TVs which are fed by Comcast or DVD or Blu-ray players. Video signals can include 480P, 720P, 1080i. We never seem to need to adjust aspect ratio.
Is this something related OTA broadcasts? |
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ElizabethD
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:05 pm Post subject: Re: Changing TV Aspect Ratio in DVD Mode |
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| greenrl wrote: | | I have the discrete Samsung codes to do it or could use Format button. Can I do this with a key move? The two devices have different protocols. |
Yes, you can do it with keymoves.
I have Toshiba TV. Usually OTA, sometimes via cable. They say it adjusts itself, but I don't see it, so I have to press it all the time to change.
Here's an example from RCRP05B remote which has a button called "Aspect" (likewise Atlas). Two keymoves:
| Code: | DVR/Aspect=TV TV 2026 $D5 $64 00100
DVD/Aspect=TV TV 2026 $D5 $64 00100 |
PicSize on my TV is a toggle that goes round and round the 7 or so options, so I just press it several times till people aren't fat and the screen looks ok to me.
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R2-M0
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| 3FG wrote: | We have Sony and Vizio TVs which are fed by Comcast or DVD or Blu-ray players. Video signals can include 480P, 720P, 1080i. We never seem to need to adjust aspect ratio.
Is this something related OTA broadcasts? |
Nope, I find myself having to adjust the zoom on some of the programs recorded by my Time Warner DVR. Most typically, I encounter the problem with widescreen 16:9 cartoons on HD channels. And usually, it's due to the carelessness (or cluelessness) by certain cable networks.
I've seen widescreen 'toons broadcast with black bars on top and bottom (like a non-anamorphic DVD transfer). I've also seen 'toons with black bars on all four sides! And while my DVR has a zoom adjustment that can fix one of these two problems, I have to appeal to my TV's aspect zoom to fix the other. |
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greenrl
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:42 am Post subject: |
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This turned out to be simpler that I first thot.
First I made sure that the Format button was free on the devices (Dish, DVD, and PVR) that I wanted to use. A couple of tweaks in RM did that with no problem.
Then I just made the required Keymoves in IR, picking each device and the TV mode discrete command to put on the Format button.
Works like a charm. Thanks to all who commented and made suggestions.
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