I'm new to widescreen tv's. I have a 50 inch plasma now and have a question about the black bars top and bottom. Primarily because its recommended not to have them to prevent burn ins.

My screen is 16:9, my video is 16:9 yet there is extra space. One thing I can do is zoom in, but that causes clipping. So where is the feature to stretch the top and bottom to match? Or more importantly why dont they match?

Would I point my fingers to the DVD player or my tv.

tv: 050s601 hitachi
dvd: pioneer ultra dvd player (not sure of the model)






update: Ah, dvd was set to look for a 4:3 set. fixed..