Pioneer Elite 111FD - gray side bars on 4:3 BDs

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Originally Posted by BluOrbit

So I guess there's nothing that can be done, which really pisses me off. There are a LOT of great 4:3 BDs out and lots more coming out and every time I watch one I get a shadow of vertical lines on my set for a long time afterwards. I assume that being able to change the bars from black to gray might help alleviate that problem, but I guess I'll never find out.

Also, I'm surprised that your picture is stretched when using the Dot by Dot mode...I don't believe that should be happening and it doesn't for me.

If the movie has those black sidebars already, I don't change to 4:3. Grey and black bars are annoying. I watch in Pure mode and don't have any problems with shadows of vertical lines afterwards.

I have both the 111 and 151 and I think they both work the same way so I will check the settings and owner's manual, maybe I have something set up wrong. I thought Dot by Dot would display a 4:3 movie as 4:3; it may be the blu-ray player as broadcast tv works fine.