DVDs playing in square screen resolution (3 x 3)

MingledPython16 · May 8, 2018

When I play some DVDs on my Xbox one S, the screen resolution for the film comes out in a square picture 3 x 3. Yet when I play this same DVD in my blu-ray player, it plays perfectly in widescreen format. When I put the DVD in my Xbox One player, the film
previews all play in perfect widescreen, but as soon as the main film starts, the screen resolution jumps to this square picture.

Everything else on Xbox One is perfect, games etc. It's just this problem with certain DVDs. Why is this? I have looked on the Internet, and have noticed that other customers have had exactly the same experience, getting this square picture resolution
on some DVDs. Is this a fault with all Xbox One S consoles? Are Microsoft aware of it? Have others contacted you, with the same problem Does anyone have any advice?

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Nielo TM · May 8, 2018

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There's no such thing as Panorama Screens. We used Panorama Aspect Ratios to encode DVDs because we couldn't encode 480/576 using square pixels as the resulting resolution volatile both DVD and broadcasting standards (1024 x 576 / 853 x 480). So we compressed
the image horizontally (1024/853 into 720). We sacrificed horizontal resolution to maintain vertical resolution. When you playback the DVD on a wide-screen, it is stretched to fill the screen. We no longer have this problem so there's no need for us to use
non-square pixels. Now lets close this subject.

MingledPython16 · May 8, 2018

Problems with screen resolution when playing some DVDs on Xbox one S

When I play some DVDs on my Xbox one S, the screen resolution for the film comes out in a square picture 3 x 3. Yet when I play this same DVD in my blu-ray player, it plays perfectly in widescreen format. When I put the DVD in my Xbox One player, the film
previews all play in perfect widescreen, but as soon as the main film starts, the screen resolution jumps to this square picture.

Everything else on Xbox One is perfect, games etc. It's just this problem with certain DVDs. Why is this? I have looked on the Internet, and have noticed that other customers have had exactly the same experience, getting this square picture resolution
on some DVDs. Is this a fault with all Xbox One S consoles? Are Microsoft aware of it? Have others contacted you, with the same problem? Do you have any advice?

Smuroh · May 16, 2018

Hi MingledPython16,

Just want to know what type of screen are you using? for me if i use my widescreen with my Xbox then i get the "square" look and I think that's specifically because i am using a widescreen monitor, but maybe knowing what type of TV or Monitor you are using
with the Xbox might help figure it out.

Smuroh

Hi MingledPython16,

Just want to know what type of screen are you using? for me if i use my widescreen with my Xbox then i get the "square" look and I think that's specifically because i am using a widescreen monitor, but maybe knowing what type of TV or Monitor you are using
with the Xbox might help figure it out.

Nielo TM

There's no such thing as Panorama Screens. We used Panorama Aspect Ratios to encode DVDs because we couldn't encode 480/576 using square pixels as the resulting resolution volatile both DVD and broadcasting standards (1024 x 576 / 853 x 480). So we compressed
the image horizontally (1024/853 into 720). We sacrificed horizontal resolution to maintain vertical resolution. When you playback the DVD on a wide-screen, it is stretched to fill the screen. We no longer have this problem so there's no need for us to use
non-square pixels. Now lets close this subject.

Nielo TM

You should read carefully next time. 1024 (1024 x 576) applies to PAL DVD and 853 (853 x 480) applies to NTSC. DVD (IF THE PIXELS WERE SQUARE). 1024 and 853 are compressed into 720, which is why widescreen DVDs have resolution of 720/704 x 576 and 720/704
x 480. There's mo such thing as Panorama Screens because it has nothing to do with physical hardware. I suppose no matter what I pose you're going to post something stupendous so I'm done.

MarvinB0108

i'm having the same problem on my surface pro 3. Tried all the above, but it still crashes and won't start. I did the screen resolution change and it works. Need to fix it so it works with the surface pro 3 native resolution. It's a pain having to change
the screen resolution every time I want to play.

IceStorm III

"bars" on the side of a DVD mean the DVD is 4:3 formatted, not anamorphic. If it has bars all around then it's really bad - a letterboxed movie in a 4:3 frame.

I just popped in an anamorphic DVD (Eurotrip). It fills the screen on my TV.

DVDs playing in square screen resolution (3 x 3)