Movies that are full screen - Blu-ray Forum

glogrono · 01-30-2008, 05:42 PM

Hi everyone, I recently got a Dell XPS 420 with a Blu ray drive, nvidia 8800GT(512mb), 3gb ram. I have it connected through DVI to my Westinghouse LVM-37W1 and I have the resolution on the system set to 1920 x 1080. I watched my first movies yesterday, Dark Water and King Arthur, and was a little disappointed that in both movies the picture did not fill the screen. They both had the black bars on top and bottom. I wanted to know if this is just how these two movies are, or if I have something that's set wrong. I tried with both the latest versions of PowerDVD and arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre. I did a search on here, but didn't find anything. Maybe I didn't search for the correct words. Can anyone please help me with this? Thanks. Gio

dadkins · 01-30-2008, 05:44 PM

Look on the back of the BD case, what AR(Aspect Ratio) is the movie?
If it is *NOT* 1.78:1, you will have black bars at top and bottom...

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=16529

glogrono · 01-30-2008, 05:45 PM

Thanks, after posting this and looking in the blu ray movies section, I found my answer. I guess this can be closed. Sorry

WickyWoo · 01-30-2008, 05:46 PM

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

There is your answer

01-30-2008, 05:42 PM	#1
glogrono Active Member Member since:Jan 2008	Movies that are full screen Hi everyone, I recently got a Dell XPS 420 with a Blu ray drive, nvidia 8800GT(512mb), 3gb ram. I have it connected through DVI to my Westinghouse LVM-37W1 and I have the resolution on the system set to 1920 x 1080. I watched my first movies yesterday, Dark Water and King Arthur, and was a little disappointed that in both movies the picture did not fill the screen. They both had the black bars on top and bottom. I wanted to know if this is just how these two movies are, or if I have something that's set wrong. I tried with both the latest versions of PowerDVD and arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre. I did a search on here, but didn't find anything. Maybe I didn't search for the correct words. Can anyone please help me with this? Thanks. Gio

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01-30-2008, 05:44 PM	#2
dadkins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Hercules, CA Blu-ray collection:35 Blu-ray reviews:2	Look on the back of the BD case, what AR(Aspect Ratio) is the movie? If it is NOT 1.78:1, you will have black bars at top and bottom... https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=16529

01-30-2008, 05:45 PM	#3
glogrono Active Member Member since:Jan 2008	Thanks, after posting this and looking in the blu ray movies section, I found my answer. I guess this can be closed. Sorry

01-30-2008, 05:46 PM	#4
WickyWoo Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2007 Trading Score:2	https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=5528 There is your answer

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