DVD player to fit widescreen TV?

MrNightly

Is it possible to get a DVD player that optimizes the widescreen TV? I own a widescreen 36inch TV, and the current Sony DVD player i use, it always leaves the bars on the top and bottom of the screen when i play WS DVD's?

I want those bars to go away!!! Is this even possible?

Toxis

I've never seen a 36" widescreen tv. There's 34" tubes and then they go to 37" flat panels. Anyhow...

1. The menu of the player should be changed for a 16x9 tv.

2. Even widescreen movies will still have small bars top and bottom. The reason is because the aspect ratio of dvd's are "more widescreen" than widescreen tv's. Nothing you can do about it except zoom (if your dvd player has that option) but then you're cutting off some of the sides and you're making your video quality crap.

BTW, where'd you get your TV? I work for NFM.

MrNightly

Toxis wrote:

I've never seen a 36" widescreen tv. There's 34" tubes and then they go to 37" flat panels. Anyhow...

1. The menu of the player should be changed for a 16x9 tv.

2. Even widescreen movies will still have small bars top and bottom. The reason is because the aspect ratio of dvd's are "more widescreen" than widescreen tv's. Nothing you can do about it except zoom (if your dvd player has that option) but then you're cutting off some of the sides and you're making your video quality crap.

BTW, where'd you get your TV? I work for NFM.

I got it a BB. Its a JVC, pretty cheap. I think i paid $500 for it. It's either 30" or 36" widescreen... now you've got me thinking i better go remeasure. Thanks for the info. I wasn't sure if those expensive $1000+ dvd players could totally fill the screen.

BTW. thanks for the offer on the receiver.. i'll let ya know soon.

David

PolkThug

MrNightly wrote:

Is it possible to get a DVD player that optimizes the widescreen TV? I own a widescreen 36inch TV, and the current Sony DVD player i use, it always leaves the bars on the top and bottom of the screen when i play WS DVD's?

I want those bars to go away!!! Is this even possible?

The aspect ratio of the movie is what determines if the black bars are there, not the DVD player.

With some displays/players the image can be stretched or zoomed, but this will cause a hit in PQ.

PolkThug

MrNightly wrote:

I got it a BB. Its a JVC, pretty cheap. I think i paid $500 for it. It's either 30" or 36" widescreen...

Ahh... I think that's the only widescreen tube I've seen that doesn't do HD, is that the one? The only purpose I can see for that TV is widescreen DVD's.

BrentMcGhee

A standard 16x9 tv that everyone is buying these days has an actual aspect ratio of 1:85 becsause that was the agreed upoun aspect ration for hd broadcast (i.e. all shows and sporting events that are filmed in hd are filmed with an aspect ratio of 1:85) So when you are watching those shows your entire widescren television is filled up. However there are plenty of other aspect rations that are used in filming. The two other ones that are very popular are 1:73 (wich is actually not as wide as our widescreen tv's) and 2:35 (wich is wider than our widescreen tvs).

Now the unfortunate thing is that the majority of movies are filmed in 2:35 becasue it is wider so the director can get more in the shot, that is why when you watch those movies on a standard 16x9 (1:85) tv you will still get small black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. There are some movies that are filmed in 1:85 though, so when you watch those with you same dvd player and tv it should fill your entire screen.

I hope that kind of clears it up for yha.

millerman 3732

I have a Samsung DVD player with a feature call screen fit that removes the black bars on wide screen movies but, it's little more than the zoom feature that you find on most digital T.V.'s

MrNightly

PolkThug wrote:

Ahh... I think that's the only widescreen tube I've seen that doesn't do HD, is that the one? The only purpose I can see for that TV is widescreen DVD's.

I believe it has a HD tuner built in but have no idea what that all means It was fairly cheap, had a great picture, and flat screen. AND.. the wife liked it No brianer.

MrNightly

BrentMcGhee wrote:

A standard 16x9 tv that everyone is buying these days has an actual aspect ratio of 1:85 becsause that was the agreed upoun aspect ration for hd broadcast (i.e. all shows and sporting events that are filmed in hd are filmed with an aspect ratio of 1:85) So when you are watching those shows your entire widescren television is filled up. However there are plenty of other aspect rations that are used in filming. The two other ones that are very popular are 1:73 (wich is actually not as wide as our widescreen tv's) and 2:35 (wich is wider than our widescreen tvs).

Now the unfortunate thing is that the majority of movies are filmed in 2:35 becasue it is wider so the director can get more in the shot, that is why when you watch those movies on a standard 16x9 (1:85) tv you will still get small black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. There are some movies that are filmed in 1:85 though, so when you watch those with you same dvd player and tv it should fill your entire screen.

I hope that kind of clears it up for yha.

That makes perfect sense. thanks for the good post. I always wondered how they filmed these things. Glad somebody has the inside scoop. Keep up the good knowledge

BrentMcGhee

glad i could help