Widescreen dvd help.

[ragged]

Ok, I'll buy a widescreen dvd, play it on a 32 widescreen lcd through my ps2, but it will still have the 1.5 inch black bar top and bottom, no matter how I try to resize the picture. Why is that? Should I just go buy a dvd player that has 4:3 or 16:9 options?

 

[A/VUSMCSGT]

I might be wrong, but from what I've read, when the movie is filmed, it's shot in "16:9", which is wide screen format. 16:9 is generic though. When it's actually filmed, it might be 16:8 or 16:7 which will make the bars at the top and bottom, 16 being the left to right, and 7, 8, or 9 being the top to bottom. I had the same question because renting new DVD's, and grabbing the copy that says widescreen right on it, still have the black bars, and I was wondering the same thing. I guess as widescreen is becoming more popular, more movies and tv programming will be filmed in 16:9. Hope this helps.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Ok, I'll buy a widescreen dvd, play it on a 32 widescreen lcd through my ps2, but it will still have the 1.5 inch black bar top and bottom, no matter how I try to resize the picture. Why is that? Should I just go buy a dvd player that has 4:3 or 16:9 options?

A/V pretty much explained it above. Movies usually are at least in the 1.85 aspect ration and wider. The Star Wars are at 2.35, and there are some at 2.40 and some older epics even wider. Anything wider than that 1.77(16x9) will have a black bar, the wider the more it will be. If you check the DVD box on the back, most will tell you the real aspect ration. Anamorphic 16x9 is not it.