Thanks a bunch Adam! It appears that by the Oppo 103 owner's manual pgs 32... that the Oppo does do a Full Screen zoom, which cuts off some of the very top and bottom of the material, but doesn't appear to do a house of mirrors stretch on the video. I think I could be interested in having this option, just don't know if the extra money is worth it just for this option. To the best of my knowledge, my Sony bdp-s5100 does not have this option, at least that works on material that is greater than 16:9. It has 2 settings that appear may affect this, Full vs Normal for Screen Format, and Letterbox vs Pan & Scan for Dvd Aspect ratio. It appears the Full instead of normal adjusted The Incredibles nicely, which had a 1:33 format, smaller than the 16:9 of my tv. Does anyone know of a <$500 dvd player that offers the Full Screen zoom option the Oppo appears to offer, that actually works? I'm losing 5 vertical inches from my new tv, resulting in a px not much different than the 32" it replaced. How many of you put up with black bars on your computer monitors? I'm calling for a revolt!
P.S. I hate to sound whiny, but my new Panny has a really thin bezel and looks swell when the screen is filled with HD content, not so swell with black bars.