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New member Username: Sasquatch98226Post Number: 1 Registered: Feb-05 | Ok I bought a Plasma TV and have it hooked up to my HT system. Components listed below. Harman Kardon AVR 630 Harman Kardon DVD-22 Vizio PH-42 Plasma TV Paradigm Monitor 5's Paradigm CC-370 Paradigm ADP-170 Klipsch KSW-10 Monster Power HTS 5100-MK2 So my question is this. I thought that when I watched a Letterbox DVD on the new TV that the screen would be filled with the picture as it is a 16:9 TV. I still have the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. Is this normal, or is it something that can be changed within the settings of the components? The DVD is hooked to the receiver through component video and fiber optic cable. The video signal is then sent from the reciever to the TV via another set of Component cables. Any ideas? Thanks |
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Silver Member Username: NcavmanPost Number: 128 Registered: Dec-03 | You are seeing the DVD correctly and for best picture quality you should not be stretching the image to get rid of the bars. Look on the back of your DVD case, it will list the screen size. Most are not 16:9 (1.85:1) and are usually some other size that is not exactly 16:9. You are seeing the frame the way the producers of the DVD intended for you to see it. You could stretch the picture to get rid of the top and bottom bars but you will be ruining the picture quality. Anamoprphic DVD's should fill your screen top to bottom and they have been vertically resized before you receive the signal. See this for a simplistic explanation: http://www.dvdweb.co.uk/information/anamorphic.htm |
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Silver Member Username: Rysa4Post Number: 474 Registered: Jul-05 | There is nothing wrong. Use your zoom feature on your plasma to minimize if you want. This shouldnt stretch the picture but will cause a loss of some video data around the edges but lessen the black bar area. I watch mine on full with black bars as intended by the movie editors/producers. |
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New member Username: Matt_whitlockPost Number: 7 Registered: Mar-06 | Here's a few other useful articles on this subject: How various DVD aspect ratios will appear on your TV screen How To Configure Your DVD Player For a Widescreen TV |
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Silver Member Username: DakulisSpokane, Washington United States Post Number: 966 Registered: May-05 | What ncav, Mark and Matt said. |