Page 1 of picture squashed playing region 1 discs

I use a new Philips DVD 950 with a Toshiba tv (2500TB)> The region hack works fine, but for one thing: with region 1 discs the picture is squashed so people`s faces get very fat. I live in Ireland (region 2). Suggestions please!

Thanks.

SimonT

Is the Tosh a Widescreen, and fairly recent? If not, it may not be NTSC compatible, or your DVD player may need to be set manually for 16:9 TV`s.

Also, does this happen with ALL R1`s? It could be the aspect ratio of that film that is making them all seem squished?

The Tosh is aobut 10 years old. The DVD is supposed to supply an ideal PAL/NTSC output to `multistandard` tvs. Is the problem then the tv being limited to PAL and so not expanding the vertical image to compensate for fewer lines? And if so, is the only way around the problem a new tv?! Or can one upgrade old tvs?

All R1 DVDs are affected. Region 2 versions of the same films are perfect.

SimonT

I`m afraid its a new TV.....

Even though your DVD will output PAL and NTSC, as you mentioned above, your TV can`t decode the signal, hence the long picture.....

So get yourself a lovely new Widescreen TV, most (if not all) new TV`s are now PAL/NTSC ready - and digital to boot ;o)

Mike