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The_vagabond7 on 31 July 2008

 Alright, so I have my PS3 and I'm enjoying blu-ray movies, as well as DVDs that I  guess are "upscaled" or whatever. Point is, I play a DVD it takes up my whole HD TV screen. Most blu-ray movies I play for some reason, stay in letter box mode, leaving large black bars at the top and bottom of my screen. I don't see any option in the menu to make it fill up my whole screen, and I want my frikkin movie to fill the whole screen. Other than simply using my TV's "zoom" option, I can't figure out how to get my blu-rays to fill up the whole screen. What's the deal?



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Dogs Rule on 31 July 2008

Blu-rays are mostly for movie buffs who want to see movies as they were originally intended. If the aspect ratio of the movie you are watching is not 16:9, it will be letterboxed. The PS3 does not allow you to change that view.



bobobologna on 31 July 2008

Most movies are in a 2.35 ratio, TVs are in a 1.78 ratio. DVDs should also have black bars on the top and bottom if you are watching them with the correct aspect ratio, unless the movie was reformatted for widescreen TVs (never actually heard of this happening) or was originally in 16:9 (1.78) format.



The_vagabond7 on 31 July 2008

gotcha, so I just have to learn to live with letterbox then? Kind of sucks, I would like a movie to use my whole screen.

The DVDs I've been watching are TV shows, which I guess ran in 16:9. Haven't watched any DVD movies.



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Dogs Rule on 31 July 2008

What is wrong with using your TV's ZOOM option?



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bobobologna on 31 July 2008
Dogs Rule said:
What is wrong with using your TV's ZOOM option?

 


Because that will screw up the aspect ratio.



Dogs Rule on 31 July 2008

Of course, but he was asking for a setting on the PS3 to do it for him. Whether it is the tv's zoom or the PS3 scalling, some of the movie's original vision will be lost. We lived with it for years on home video to a greater extent until DVD gave us the original letterboxed versions. I can't stand to lose original aspect ratios personally.



steven787 on 31 July 2008
Dogs Rule said:
Of course, but he was asking for a setting on the PS3 to do it for him. Whether it is the tv's zoom or the PS3 scalling, some of the movie's original vision will be lost. We lived with it for years on home video to a greater extent until DVD gave us the original letterboxed versions. I can't stand to loose original aspect rations personally.

 

I understand and agree, but many people feel the same way about black bars.  I though the 21st century was supposed to be about choice. :)



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akuma587 on 31 July 2008

If it is letterboxing on the right and left rather than the top and bottom when you are watching a TV show (mostly 4:3), then that is NORMAL on a widescreen TV.


What are the aspect ratios of the movies you are trying to play (you can check this on IMDB.com)? If it is 2.35:1 then seeing the black bars on the top and bottom is NORMAL on both DVD and Blu-Ray because no widescreen TV can overcome this problem (2.35>16:9). Its just not physically possible unless you have a 2:35 TV, which don't exist.

If you are watching 16:9 movies (most non-action/non-drama movies, typically used for comedies, some dramas, and everything else) and you are seeing black bars, then you have a problem.

I use a full-screen HDTV (yeah, kind of an oxymoron) at my parent's house, and it will display the black bars on a 4:3 media file I am playing (I'm used to it by now, and I am getting my own widescreen soon), but it figures out 4:3 DVD's just fine. I haven't tried any 4:3 Blu-Rays.



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HanzoTheRazor on 31 July 2008

The only option is your TV zoom. And, the only reason that the DVD's can be full screen are cause of the PS3 upscalling. Also to note, u will have a better picture without zoom activated.

On another topic, me and my mate tested to see which of the 2 HD consoles had a better DVD upscaler and picture. We both have a PS3 and 360 each and he clamed the 360 did. So, we went to test this out on our 2 Bravia LCD's with the same settings, DVD and cables.

Very interesting comparrison. we found that the 360's colour was much more vibrant, but so much so that it bled and looked unatural, [good for animation].

The PS3's DVD player had much more natural colour, sharper and clearer picture too with a little less noise.

So, now I only watch my DVD's and all my films on my PS3.



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