Spaced Ranger said:
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
neither of the DVD players that I have tried have explicit settings for 4:3 vs 16:9.

I'm surprised to read this. Of units I've seen (in passing), DVD player setup is usually accessible via the remote control's dedicated "setup" button. There may be certain models that rely on covert number-pad sequence entries or "press & hold" keys -- those would be revealed in a user's manual or a website

Now look here... I'm ok with scanning a two-hour motion picture, experimenting with filter settings, color correction, and winding my way through the maze of dvd flags and aspect ratios. But are you seriously asking me to read the user's manual?! C'mon man, be reasonable!!