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how to watch a dvd on a home theater system without tv...?
« on: November 10, 2009, 12:43:18 PM »
I don't want to have a tv in my house. but i do want to be able to watch DVDs. Does anyone know if there's anyway to disable the tv tuner or some other idea? that you very much.
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Re: how to watch a dvd on a home theater system without tv...?
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 05:11:16 PM »
Have you considered using a personal computer? They've all got these new fangled Digital Video Disc drives nowadays...
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Re: how to watch a dvd on a home theater system without tv...?
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2009, 05:33:52 PM »
Y not just get a monitor.

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Re: how to watch a dvd on a home theater system without tv...?
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2009, 02:49:19 AM »
i'd love to get just a monitor which can connect to a dvd player via HDMI, but all of them are very wide and i'm scared that it's going to stretch out the dvd to the width of the screen. any hope/ideas? thank  you very much.
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Re: how to watch a dvd on a home theater system without tv...?
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2009, 08:56:32 PM »
So don't get a widescreen monitor? ::scratches head::
The older square-format (3:4 ratio, to be precise) is actually cheaper because, well, most folks don't want them anymore.
Widescreen has quickly become the standard format for new releases.

I don't know what type of content you plan on watching, but most modern movies (even Disney ones for kiddies) on my square PC screen get a letterbox look (black borders on top and bottom) because it was made for a widescreen.

Also, if you learn how to use your DVD players controls, you can usually tell it what aspect ratio to use (4:3, 16:9 wide, etc).

Personally, I have an old monitor attached to a converter that takes in analog RCA composite cables (the tri-color plugs video connection type) so that I could use my Wii on an obsolete LCD computer monitor (when not attached to a projector- playing with other people on a small screen is just impossible! but I don't want to burn out the bulb for just me playing). Way cheaper than buying a dedicated flat-panel TV screen for it.
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