why are almost all blu-ray's widescreen!!!!!!

[ajt458]

I cannot understand why most blueray discs are widescreen leaving the dreaded black bars above and below the picture. I recently upgraded my HDTV to a samsung led dlp 61" and every time I rent a stinkin blue ray I am only using about 2/3 of my screen realestate. This is even more maddening since everyone watching a blueray movie already HAS A WIDESCREEN (16 X 9) TELEVISION.

Can anyone please explain this nonsense to me....is there a fix??

thank you

[CAB]

It's too bad they banned asbestos. Flame on!

[Octavio]

Here we go once again

Read carefully this thread. Hopefully won't be necessary further explanations

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

[BirdManJr]

[ajt458]

who knew I would get all the nerds fired up with this question. Thanks for pointing me to the right thread. I suppose I should now list all of the audio/visual equipment I have. Fortunately, I have been laid in the last 5 years so I will skip it.

[ricwhite]

Not only do I have black bars, but when I set up my six speaker system, I don’t get consistent sound at all. Most of the sound just comes out of the center speaker in the front – NOTHING at all from the other five speakers. Then, occasionally, there’s a sound from the rear speakers for a few seconds and then it completely stops. I spent a thousand dollars on those 6 speakers and most of the time sound is only coming out of one of them. What a waste!

With the black bar problem and the inconsistent sounds from the speakers, I must conclude that this “home theater” experience is nothing but a complete joke and a total waste of my money. I’m selling it all and going back to my $50 dvd player and my 2 small speakers which work ALL the time!

[BirdManJr]

Originally Posted by ricwhite

Not only do I have black bars, but when I set up my six speaker system, I don’t get consistent sound at all. Most of the sound just comes out of the center speaker in the front – NOTHING at all from the other five speakers. Then, occasionally, there’s a sound from the rear speakers for a few seconds and then it completely stops. I spent a thousand dollars on those 6 speakers and most of the time sound is only coming out of one of them. What a waste!

With the black bar problem and the inconsistent sounds from the speakers, I must conclude that this “home theater” experience is nothing but a complete joke and a total waste of my money. I’m selling it all and going back to my $50 dvd player and my 2 small speakers which work ALL the time!

LOL...good idea.....when you sell it maybe you can afford to buy a brain
theres alot of black bar threads on this website....try going to forum and looking...if your having speaker problems...its either your a idiot and dont know how to hook it up right...OR...theres something wrong with them and you need to have it looked at.....

[xDisciplex]

You ask a question here and you got directed in the right direction and you're calling the posters "nerds", pretty lame.

Funny how anyone who tends to know an answer is a nerd nowadays by those w/ the questions

on "nerds"

[BStecke]

Since sarcasm is lost on some people, and the way it's going, this thread will die a quick death.

Just ignore it and it'll all go away . . . and after his last response, the OP may enjoy a little hiatus.

[kjacobs03]

Originally Posted by BirdManJr

LOL...good idea.....when you sell it maybe you can afford to buy a brain
theres alot of black bar threads on this website....try going to forum and looking...if your having speaker problems...its either your a idiot and dont know how to hook it up right...OR...theres something wrong with them and you need to have it looked at.....

Something tells me he wasn't being serious

[Deciazulado]

First, you're using the terminolgy slightly in error. All theatrical movies made after the mid 50's are in widescreen. What you mean is why are there so many Blu-rays made in the "Scope' type of widescreen which is movies with wdths of 2.00 or wider.

Why are many Blu-rays from movies in that shape or widescreen format? because seems many directors prefer to make action and sci fi and epic movies with that format and many people like those movies so that's why.

You like James Bond movies? Most were made for "Scope" Star Wars all were made for "Scope", Spider-Man? 66% were made for "Scope". Pirates? Scope. Matrix? Scope, Lord Of The Rings? Scope.

Now why is you TV not "Scope"? Because there are many TV programs and movies not made in "Scope" Some are in 1.33 (analog TV and Silent films) and 1.37 (Sound movies before the mid-fifties). Some are in shapes of between 1.66 and 1.85, (European widescreen movies many Disney widescreen movies, US movies, from the mi-fifties on, that weren't made in "Scope" or 70mm etc formats), plus the new 21rst century TV programs for 16:9 TVs (which are 1.78 wide). And 1.78 was chosen because 1.78 falls geometrically in between 1.33 and 2.39 movies and because when it was chosen as a shape, TV manufacturers knew TVs with that shape would be plausible to manufacture.

Most Scope movies fill 75% (3/4ths) of your 16:9 screen's real state, not 2/3rds (66%) btw. That is, if the TV doesn't overscan. If it does, the figure is closer to 80% (4/5ths)


For more info see: Black bars? 4:3-16:9-2.35 Widescreen Fullscreen Scope OAR sticky threads

There are many BDs (and movies) that will fill your screen (there's a few threads where they list them or give links to lists of them) and there will be more.

Mmm I see while I wrote this reply several replied!