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Posted by Richard C. on 09/28/05 21:13
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"Trauts" <nedrahtrauts@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Likely, this has been covered, in which case, please simply direct me
> to appropriate posts. Searching for the answer has proven difficult.
>
> scenario-
>
> a 16:9 television.
> DVD produced as "widescreen"
> that movie plays, however, in letterbox.
>
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What is the ASPECT ratio of the movie?
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> Now, I have tried each setting from TV/monitor, and each setting from
> DVD player - never to achieve a movie presentation that fills the 16:9
> screen.
>
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A 2.35:1 Widescreen movie will not fill the screen.
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> It seems to me, a 16:9 widescreen DVD would recognize a 16:9 capable
> TV/monitor screen and project accordingly. In the aforementioned, and
> every other experienced scenario, this is not the case.
>
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I am sure it IS projecting properly.
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> A SOLUTION to this would be fabulous, (even it that is to point out a
> lack of knowledge on my part.
>
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Movies come in many aspect ratios.
The only ones that will "fill" a 16:9 screen are 1.78:1 and 1.85:1 movies.
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> In lieu of automatic recognition, is there a recognized system of
> settings that allows a 16:9 TV to (re)produce a wide screen DVD so as
> to actually FILL the screen?
>
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You can stretch or crop the movie.
But why?
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