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Samsung Aspect Ratio

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I have a Samsung PN63C8000 plasma. I am having a weird problem when trying to view widescreen, non-anamorphic DVDs in either my Samsung BD-C5900 or my PS3. When fiddling with the Aspect Ratio from 16:9, Wide, 4:3, Fit, etc... No matter what, I can not get the right aspect for the movie I am watching. Both devices are connected to HDMI. Some movies, for example:


The Abyss

Star Trek Generations


If you have any suggestions, please let me know.


Thank you,


Michael
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I have a Samsung PN63C8000 plasma. I am having a weird problem when trying to view widescreen, non-anamorphic DVDs in either my Samsung BD-C5900 or my PS3. When fiddling with the Aspect Ratio from 16:9, Wide, 4:3, Fit, etc... No matter what, I can not get the right aspect for the movie I am watching. Both devices are connected to HDMI. Some movies, for example:


The Abyss

Star Trek Generations


If you have any suggestions, please let me know.


Thank you,


Michael
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Seems like either your Blu ray player, DVD player, or PVR is not set at 16x9 aspect ratio within the settings menu.
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Not sure what you mean. Many movies are shot wider than 16:9, and thus have black bars on the top and bottom (it's normal). Is that what you mean?
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With a non-anamorphic DVD, you will have black bars on all 4 sides of the image, this is also known as "window-boxing", as opposed to "letter-boxing", which will have bars on only the top and bottom.

The only solution I know of is to zoom the image in.

What happens is that the DVD is a 4:3 image, with a widescreen movie letter-boxed in side it. Hence the bars on both sides and top/bottom.
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