PS3 Video Setup

[Blu-Malibu2009]

Originally Posted by collingwood01

I've just noticed another movie I have does the same thing - The Thing!

Yes, a lot of earlier widescreen DVD's are non-anamorphic, meaning they aren't enhanced for widescreen TV's. If you have a zoom button on your TV remote, you should be able to zoom these DVD's to make them look correct. There's also different "modes" that you can select on your remote, or at least there usually is a selection. I have a Sharp LCD and it has a "cinema" mode that allows me to zoom widescreen content that is letterboxed inside a 4:3 aspect ratio into the proper aspect for viewing on a widescreen TV(such as on cable TV...Turner Classic Movies plays a lot of widescreen movies that are letterboxed). When you use a zoom function, it's going to hurt the quality of what you see, though the image will fill your screen the same as an anamorphic DVD or Blu-ray. If you're sitting far enough from the TV it won't bother you at all, however.