Situation is this:

I have a huge hdmi ported monitor that is 16:10

My divx dvd player (with usb slot) has for its "which tv will you be using this on" options -> 4:3 and 16:9

When I set the player to 16:9 and play the tv-show using the 16:10 monitor I can see a noticable stretching on the vertical - people are taller than they should be.

So does anyone have a divx dvd player with hdmi slot that has as its tv dimension options -> 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10 ????

btw: I know google is my friend, but I thought I'd pose the question here first just in case someone owns such a player.

Sorry, no such thing - 16:10 isn't a format, so you won't find anything to fit it.

nuts

though I had a "light-bulb above head" moment - when I was using the monitor as, well as a computer monitor, when I played films and the like they'd appear properly - ie not expanded to fit the whole of the screen. Thus I could simply () get a cheapo laptop, connect it to the monitor and use it as an expensive divx divd player with usb slot. QED.

Yeah, you could do that.

16:10 is an aspect ratio used primarily in computing, so a laptop would (depending on its specification) be able to send this format signal to the monitor. You could then use a video player on the laptop and videos would appear correctly.

You just won't find any general electronics products such as DVD players that will output 16:10.

16:10 was a early implementation of widescreen used primary in the PC area although there were a small number of domestic TV's imported by less established names mainly in 19" & 22"

As you have discovered your PC graphics card understands what you are doing and can run at 1680 x 150 or derivatives of this resolution . But as this format was never meant to be domestic you will never be able to find a BD player that will have the correct aspect ratio .

^ so looking for a 16:10 outputing divx-dvd-player(ddp) would have been a fruitless task ?! - am glad I came here first rather than spend a good hour googling for one.. phew!!

Are you sure the setting isn't there in the monitor's menu?

I've got a 24" 1920x1200 (16:10) Hyundai monitor and on the HDMI channel you can choose 16:10, 16:9 or 1:1.
16:9 gives you the right aspect ratio, with black bars top and bottom.

- didn't think of checking that out, along with the user-manual (safely stored in the box, hopefully) - maybe proper widescreen is within my grasp.