Re: Red Planet movie comes out squished.

"Halterb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I rented a copy of Red Planet on DVD and when I played it I got a
letterbox
> format (not the widescreen format with larger black bars above and below)
with
> tall, skinney people and oblong planets. I've run dozens of DVDs on my
Pioneer
> player and have never run into this.

Is your TV a regular 4:3 (non-widescreen) model? If so, chances are your DVD
player thinks you've got a 16:9 widescreen TV. There is a setting in the DVD
player setup menus...change it to 4:3 and the problem should go away.

Rick.
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