Posted by unclejr on 10/30/06 21:05

Stan wrote:
> I recently purchased a 16:9 plasma TV. As this has a 1.78 aspect ratio
> where are the "black bars" that should be at the top and bottom of the
> screen (very thin, admittedly) when I play a 1.85 DVD? Instead, the entire
> screen is filled with an image, presumably cutting off a sliver of image on
> each side. There is no adjustment on any of the 3 DVD players I've tried,
> or on the TV, itself, to "fix" this.

Probably one of two things:

1. Your TV has overscan and is cropping out the thin black bars that
you are pining for.

2. The transfer is truly a 1.78:1 transfer instead of a 1.85:1 one --
many studios are doing 16x9 "open matte" transfers this way.

HTH,

-Junior

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