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    Unhappy PS2 not displaying widescreen movies correctly?

    When I play a letterbox or widescreen DVD in my PS2, the video looks stretched out. Everyone looks like Bert from Sesame Street. ( I have a regular sized TV) Full Screen movies look fine.
    When I change the screen size settings, the screen setting when I watch the movie is always at 16:9 , Anything I'm doing wrong, any way to fix the video?
    Please don't tell me to just buy a DVD player.
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    The 16:9 function is for widescreen displays only.

    Since you have a regular 4:3 TV, change the setting on the PS2 to reflect this. Your widescreen movies will stop getting stretched.
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    Quote Originally Posted by heybtbm View Post
    The 16:9 function is for widescreen displays only.

    Since you have a regular 4:3 TV, change the setting on the PS2 to reflect this. Your widescreen movies will stop getting stretched.

    This doesnt seem to work, I set it to 4:3 and Full but I still get the stretched image. I think something may be wrong with it. Unless maybe I save it wrong?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xian042 View Post
    This doesnt seem to work, I set it to 4:3 and Full but I still get the stretched image. I think something may be wrong with it. Unless maybe I save it wrong?
    Try deleting your PS2 settings file and see if that helps.

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    I know all WS & LB movies are like that..it's ment to played on a HDTV, I have WS Movies & they look fine to me..Maybe you're not used to seeing WS Movies on a 4:3 TV set

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarioMania View Post
    I know all WS & LB movies are like that..it's ment to played on a HDTV, I have WS Movies & they look fine to me..Maybe you're not used to seeing WS Movies on a 4:3 TV set

    I'm an avid letterbox format fan, I have a collection of letterbox VHS movies. I've always watched them on 4:3 tv's. This is definately a distorted image. I've been watching them on my Xbox as thats the only way I could get a good image, but I"ve moved my PS2 into my bedroom and want to watch movies there as well.
    I may try the above suggestion of deleting the PS2 settings.

    Its funny though, when a movie preview is playing in widescreen, the image looks fine, but when the actual movie starts, its distorted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xian042 View Post
    This doesnt seem to work, I set it to 4:3 and Full but I still get the stretched image. I think something may be wrong with it. Unless maybe I save it wrong?
    Wouldn't full make it fill the screen to get rid of the black bars? I'd try turning that off.

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    I think it's like that..you can't do anything,

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