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I just got a Blu Ray player (Sony S360)and a copy of Iron Man, as well as Fool's Gold.
What I didn't expect from Blu Ray is how it magically transformed my 52" lcd tv into a 42" lcd tv. Because of the aspect ratio, I got the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen with both movies. Then I ended up staring at the black bars and missing the movies :).
Is there maybe a Blu Ray player that has some kind of screen filling function that doesn't distort the images?
thanks
ml
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Not all movies are shot in an aspect ratio that perfectly fills a 16:9 TV screen. If you show a 16:9 movie on a regular old 4:3 set, you'll get black bars on top and bottom. If you show a 4:3 movie on a 16:9 set, you get bars on the sides. There is no way to get rid of the bars without compromising the geometry of the picture. You can stretch it or zoom it, both terrible options, but that's it. If you don't like the black bars, check that the movie is not shot in 1:33 or 2:35. Look for 1:78 or 1:85 (most movies), or the word "widescreen" or "anamorphic" on the box. Also make sure your player is properly set to 16:9. 16:9 was chosen as the standard TV size because most movies are shot in 16:9, but it isn't against the law for a director to choose a different size.
also check the players setting display.mine has 16.9 & 16.9 full.I set mine to full.there no blk bars on any bd movies.im using an older panasonic bd10a.
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Same problem there's always been watching any wide screen content on a TV.
With 4x3, you had the choice or pan&scan where you miss content on the sides or letterbox where you get a smaller image with unused screen space on top and bottom.
With 16x9, the bars are much smaller than they were with 4x3.
There may be an option on your display to zoom the image so that it fills the screen (some displays disable zoom with High Definition material). However, as Kal says below, filling the entire screen is a compromise because you lose some of the image on the left and right. If you're lucky, there may be more than one zoom mode (ie, 3% zoom, 5% zoom, etc) so that you lose the minimum amout of image material.
Sure but there is always a price. If you zoom to fill the vertical dimension, you will lose part of the image on the two sides. Choose your poison.
I'm wondering whether I should use a circular saw or a table saw to rip the top and bottom off my tv so I don't have to look at those black bars :}
Buy a Kuro TV and in a darkened room you won't be able to see the black bars - not many Kuros left now though. :0)
Today is a gift - that's why it's called the Present.
Best Regards,
Chris Redmond.
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