any way to "zoom in" on the movies? (removing black bars) - Blu-ray Forum

vick vega · 01-05-2007, 02:52 PM

Is there any way to get rid of the black bars on the PS3 itself or do you only have the option to do it w/the tv remote? I mean is there any way for the PS3 to do the zooming rather than your tv, as my progressive scan dvd player from Sony has that option. Any ideas?

phranctoast · 01-05-2007, 03:21 PM

ill have to check when I het home. There isnt anything in the display settings for BR/DVD.

If not well......firmware is out friend.

vick vega · 01-05-2007, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phranctoast

ill have to check when I het home. There isnt anything in the display settings for BR/DVD.

If not well......firmware is out friend.

I have the 1.32 update installed so I can use the remote

http://www.us.playstation.com/ps3/network/updates

but I don't think I saw any zooming or cropping options in the set up maybe I'm wrong and haven't found it yet. What will the firmware do for the cropping/zooming though?

ay221 · 01-05-2007, 06:02 PM

The only zoom I do is the one built into my tv set. I don't remember seeing a zoom on the player.

dobyblue · 01-05-2007, 08:58 PM

Zooming is bad.

If you have your set calibrated properly the black bars should fade into the background in a dark room.

vick vega · 01-05-2007, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phranctoast

ill have to check when I het home. There isnt anything in the display settings for BR/DVD.

If not well......firmware is out friend.

I found the option by doing the pan and scan option on the PS3. Now my display says full, but I'm still filling up the screen no bars. I was F'in around in the set up screen and under display options I think for video format or something there was a pan and scan feature you could turn on, so now my display says full, but no bars.

Canada · 06-03-2007, 04:23 AM

Why would any one want to zoom in on the picture to get a full frame sort of defeats the purpouse of getting a blu ray player doesn't it. I a really looking foward to going to circut city and not having to look and see if it is widescreen or not.

You know by having no black bars on the top and bottom of movies like Casino Royal (2:25:1) and Speed (2:35:1)your not getting the whole frame right? This even goes if you have a Widescreen TV. If any of you are still asking why well your widescreen TV's are only 1:76:1

NARMAK · 06-03-2007, 08:51 AM

er, why is this in the games section when it has nothing to do with games. this needs to be moved to it's relevent topic

01-05-2007, 02:52 PM	#1
vick vega Banned Member since:Apr 2006 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	any way to "zoom in" on the movies? (removing black bars) Is there any way to get rid of the black bars on the PS3 itself or do you only have the option to do it w/the tv remote? I mean is there any way for the PS3 to do the zooming rather than your tv, as my progressive scan dvd player from Sony has that option. Any ideas?

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01-05-2007, 03:21 PM	#2
phranctoast Power Member Member since:Aug 2006 Location:Long Island, NY;psn:phranctoast Blu-ray collection:78	ill have to check when I het home. There isnt anything in the display settings for BR/DVD. If not well......firmware is out friend.

01-05-2007, 06:02 PM	#4
ay221 Special Member Member since:Oct 2006	The only zoom I do is the one built into my tv set. I don't remember seeing a zoom on the player.

01-05-2007, 08:58 PM	#5
dobyblue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jul 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:71 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:655 Blu-ray reviews: 15	Zooming is bad. If you have your set calibrated properly the black bars should fade into the background in a dark room.

06-03-2007, 04:23 AM	#7
Canada Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Victoria, BC Home Theater Gallery:17 4K collection:305 Blu-ray collection:1201 DVD collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:42	Why would any one want to zoom in on the picture to get a full frame sort of defeats the purpouse of getting a blu ray player doesn't it. I a really looking foward to going to circut city and not having to look and see if it is widescreen or not. You know by having no black bars on the top and bottom of movies like Casino Royal (2:25:1) and Speed (2:35:1)your not getting the whole frame right? This even goes if you have a Widescreen TV. If any of you are still asking why well your widescreen TV's are only 1:76:1

06-03-2007, 08:51 AM	#8
NARMAK Blu-ray Prince Member since:Feb 2007 Location:United Kingdom Blu-ray collection:141 Trading Score:18	er, why is this in the games section when it has nothing to do with games. this needs to be moved to it's relevent topic

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