not using full screen on bluray film - Blu-ray Forum

anthonybrooker · 02-22-2008, 10:10 AM

watching the last samurai on bluray and my pioneer 50inch plasma full HD TV. for some reason it's not automatically filling the entire screen. i have horizontal black stripes top and bottom. am i missing a setup instruction? my bluray player is a ps3 latest edition.

cheers

tony

MOONPHASE · 02-22-2008, 10:11 AM

thats normal

PeechCobblerPie · 02-22-2008, 10:14 AM

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=5528

it's called anamorphic widescreen. It gives you the picture in its entirety as it was filmed. 16x9 which is what your TV is will only display "full screen" when the aspect ration is somewhere between 1.6-1.9. The last samurai is probably a 2.4:1 ratio, thus your black bars. but as MOONPHASE said, completely normal.

anthonybrooker · 02-22-2008, 10:19 AM

ok, thanks guys.

is it me or is it a total waste of screen space? i guess i could use the zoom function but then the characters would seem a bit odd. are newer films using the entire screen then?

PeechCobblerPie · 02-22-2008, 10:25 AM

it just comes down to personal taste. The anamorphic gives you the full picture. if it filled the screen you'd lose some of the piscture on either side, just like fullscreen vs. widescreen DVD. some people cant stand it and some like it. Doesn't bother me a whole lot. sure it would be nice to utilize the entire screen for picture, but I do enjoy having the full picture how it was filmed.

crackinhedz · 02-22-2008, 10:28 AM

Why the Black Bars ???

PeechCobblerPie · 02-22-2008, 10:32 AM

Deci's thread wasn't good enough for you crackin?!!!

MOONPHASE · 02-22-2008, 10:35 AM

movies have different aspect ratios meaning some could play in full screen, some in anamorphic widescreen, and different kinds of widescreen but however you just have to watch whatever they intended to use

crackinhedz · 02-22-2008, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeechCobblerPie

Deci's thread wasn't good enough for you crackin?!!!

no, its a great thread.

but the "why the black bars" gets right to the point and is real easy to understand. (maybe Deci'll include this link in it?)

anthonybrooker · 02-22-2008, 10:40 AM

thanks, all is clear.

Big Daddy · 02-22-2008, 11:33 AM

See this post on another thread.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...68&postcount=4

02-22-2008, 10:10 AM	#1
anthonybrooker Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Tokyo, Japan	not using full screen on bluray film watching the last samurai on bluray and my pioneer 50inch plasma full HD TV. for some reason it's not automatically filling the entire screen. i have horizontal black stripes top and bottom. am i missing a setup instruction? my bluray player is a ps3 latest edition. cheers tony

02-22-2008, 10:11 AM	#2
MOONPHASE Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:520 DVD collection:820 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:29	thats normal Last edited by MOONPHASE; 02-22-2008 at 10:16 AM.

02-22-2008, 10:14 AM	#3
PeechCobblerPie Banned Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray reviews:2	https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=5528 it's called anamorphic widescreen. It gives you the picture in its entirety as it was filmed. 16x9 which is what your TV is will only display "full screen" when the aspect ration is somewhere between 1.6-1.9. The last samurai is probably a 2.4:1 ratio, thus your black bars. but as MOONPHASE said, completely normal. Last edited by PeechCobblerPie; 02-22-2008 at 10:16 AM.

02-22-2008, 10:40 AM	#10
anthonybrooker Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Tokyo, Japan	thanks, all is clear. Last edited by anthonybrooker; 02-22-2008 at 11:19 AM.

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02-22-2008, 10:19 AM	#4
anthonybrooker Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Tokyo, Japan	ok, thanks guys. is it me or is it a total waste of screen space? i guess i could use the zoom function but then the characters would seem a bit odd. are newer films using the entire screen then?

02-22-2008, 10:25 AM	#5
PeechCobblerPie Banned Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray reviews:2	it just comes down to personal taste. The anamorphic gives you the full picture. if it filled the screen you'd lose some of the piscture on either side, just like fullscreen vs. widescreen DVD. some people cant stand it and some like it. Doesn't bother me a whole lot. sure it would be nice to utilize the entire screen for picture, but I do enjoy having the full picture how it was filmed.

02-22-2008, 10:28 AM	#6
crackinhedz Super Moderator Member since:Feb 2007 Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:19	Why the Black Bars ???

02-22-2008, 10:32 AM	#7
PeechCobblerPie Banned Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray reviews:2	Deci's thread wasn't good enough for you crackin?!!!

02-22-2008, 10:35 AM	#8
MOONPHASE Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:520 DVD collection:820 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:29	movies have different aspect ratios meaning some could play in full screen, some in anamorphic widescreen, and different kinds of widescreen but however you just have to watch whatever they intended to use

02-22-2008, 11:33 AM	#11
Big Daddy Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Southern California Home Theater Gallery:79 Blu-ray collection:122 Trading Score:1	See this post on another thread. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...68&postcount=4

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