converting widescreen and HD down to SD for old tv's

[richms]

Yeah, the player will deliver a full frame 4:3 image when given an 4:3 dvd, what it should do when playing that with the tv set to widescreen in its setup menu is to add the black curtains to the side so that a widescreen tv shows it in the middle.

Leaving the upscale done in the reciever is what I do since otherwise when changing channels etc with different resolutions there is about a 5-6 second delay while the resolution changes on the display. Cropping 16:9 down is ok on content that is made for it, most US tv shows seem to push all the action into the middle to be 4:3 safe still, but the rest of the world seems to use the full frame.

Really I would like to be able to select it on whatever does the conversion since when an old 4:3 show comes on tv I would definatly want to cut the center out, otherwise you get the pillarboxing added by the broadcaster, and the letterboxing added by the box and end up with 3" of black around whatever you are watching.