Page 1 of region 1 and region 2 widescreen question

if i play a dvd in widescreen region 2 on a widescreen tv
you get black bars top and bottom which you expect
but when i put a region 1 widescreen dvd the black bars
are greater so less veiwing screen
is this caused by the region 1 being in ntsc signal?

Hmmm I have never heard of that before ? are both films in the exact same widescreen ratio ?

What TV have you got ? what DVD and how are they set up.. ie DVD player outputting PAL or NTSC, TV playing converted PAL or NTSC ??

Tim

I`ve heard of the problem the other way around (US players not converting anamorphic PAL DVDs correctly) but never the way round you suggest.

Usually a limitation of the video encoder or chipset used in the player, attempting to do one conversion too many (for the example I quoted, convert PAL picture to output NTSC, unable then to convert new NTSC picture to anamorphic - only happens on 4:3 TVs, by the way).

the dvd player is tosh 100e
the tv hitachi dolby digital widescreen
the dvd is set on auto
and tv is pal and ntsc and auto picks the signal
if i play enter the dragon r2 and the same film
on r1 the black bars are greater on the r1
i throught this was normal for a ntsc signal?
or is the dvd ntsc setting and tv ntsc setting confusing
each other
which one takes prefrence?