crackinhedz
04-29-2006, 11:20 PM
Just bought a samsung dvd upconverting HD860 and have an RCA D52W23 HDTV and have it connected with a HDMI-DVI cable...and am watching the movie blackhawk down... The movie says it plays in 2.40:1 ratio and says anamorphic...but I am getting the blackbars... was wondering if I am missing something here? shouldnt those blackbars be gone?
mjones73
04-30-2006, 12:44 AM
HD sets are around 1.85:1, your watching a movie that's wider then your set, hence the black bars. Check the FAQs on black bars here, it explains it further.
crackinhedz
04-30-2006, 12:57 AM
you are absolutely right...I guess you really do learn something new every day...I always thought anamorphic ment the picture was exact fitting for a 16x9....
this little web site helped explain it well...and thanks for your input, here I was thinking my new dvd player was noncompliant.
http://www.dvdweb.co.uk/information/anamorphic.htm
Ratman
04-30-2006, 06:59 AM
Actually 16:9 (HDTV's) are 1.78:1 aspect ration.
