Wide screen format on regular TV

Hi,
My current video was shot 16:9, and after editing in FCP I made a DVD for the client. The DVD looks great on a computer, but client reported that on a regular TV the sides were cut off. This is my first foray into widescreen editing. Please advise. Do I need to make two version of the video for the DVD?
thanks,
Eve

Hello Eve,
if you create your DVD in iDVD the disc will be set to "auto pan/scan & letterbox" meaning it will depend on the setting of the DVD player how the video is displayed.
In order to get it "right", you basically have 2 options:
• make the DVD in iDVD, then correct the settings with myDVDedit (http://www.mydvdedit.com/)
• create the DVD with DVDSP setting it to "auto letterbox"
... or you can tell the client to change his settings on the set-top player
On the other hand, you say that the sides of the video appear to be "cut off". How much is missing? Some is normal due to a phenomenon known as overscan. Does your client see black bars at all?
hope this helps
mish

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