Posted by Chris Carncross, MCP on 09/28/05 04:55

Only anamorphic widescreen dvds will fill a widescreen tv without image
distortion. Which means enhanced for widescreen or 16:9 presentations that
are about 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Anything else will either have black bars
above and below, or right and left.

"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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> A SOLUTION to this would be fabulous, (even it that is to point out a
> lack of knowledge on my part.
>
> 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?
>
> Peace-
>
> Stuart
>

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