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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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philjolet OP
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thanks but the button just stretches the image and not in proportion
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thanks everyone! my suspicions are confirmed. my dad will never cough up the dough I am sure...

:^D
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yes it does it on all DVDs that I tried including one that works fine in my player (Moulin Rouge)

good point about fathers day...
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Rwwear: as noted above, the TV's size button stretches the picture out of proportion

thanks for the tip Mnnc
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Rwwear do you not think the old cheap DVD player is the culprit? Elizabeth mentioned they were made for 4/3 screen ratio in the past and I believe that is true in this case.

thanks

Phil
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philjolet OP
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Nighthawk,

it will display the 16:9 image but it occupies the 4/3 space.

I will look for the menu you mention and thanks!
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I feel like a dummy because I did find a menu on the DVD player that allowed me to switch to 16/9 mode. I do not know what I was thinking before and did not find it.

thanks Rwwear,

and thanks to everyone else who helped as well.

Phil
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