Blue Ray Playback On Ps3 - Blu-ray Forum

bastogne17 · 11-07-2008, 11:04 PM

I recently hooked up my PS3 to my pioneer plasma PDP-LX 5090. Since this is my first blue-ray player, I have a question. Is it normal that all blue-ray movies have a black band above and below the picture. I can't seem to get the image to fill the screen. I can only use the zoom in my tv, but then the quality of the image turns to crap.Is this normal for all blue-ray movies and players or is it a PS3 thing? My DVD's get upscaled perfectly and fill the screen.

jon s · 11-07-2008, 11:10 PM

you need to read up on aspect ratios... widescreen sets are 1.78:1

movies can be 1.66:1; 1.85:1; 2.00:1; 2.20:1; 2.35:1 or even 2:55:1

Zman2k2 · 11-07-2008, 11:11 PM

Lots of good info here.

Canada · 11-07-2008, 11:20 PM

It's Blu Ray not Blue-Ray first of all. Not all Blu Ray movies have the letter boxing top an bottom but most do.

1:85:1 no black bars.

Terminator
Disturbia
Courage Under Fire
Goodfellas
Saving Private Ryan
28 Days Later
and all TV Show's shot in HD like Lost, 24, and Band of Brothers

2:35:1 Black Bars

300
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight (well except for the scenes shot in IMAX)
Black Hawk Down
Heat
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
and the majority of other huge hollywood fims

bastogne17 · 11-07-2008, 11:26 PM

Thanks a lot for the info. The question has probably been asked a milion times before but thanks for answering it again. I guess I will have to get used to the black bars. No big deal.

Moefiz · 11-07-2008, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bastogne17

Thanks a lot for the info. The question has probably been asked a milion times before but thanks for answering it again. I guess I will have to get used to the black bars. No big deal.

You won't notice.There are times when I am mid way thru a movie and then I realize that it doesn't have the black bars.

BluBluWorld · 11-07-2008, 11:34 PM

You have the money to buy an high end display and blu-ray, yet have no idea about black bars? Didn't people figure this out back in the DVD days

Zooming in KILLS PQ!

keene6132 · 11-08-2008, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BluBluWorld

You have the money to buy an high end display and blu-ray, yet have no idea about black bars? Didn't people figure this out back in the DVD days

Zooming in KILLS PQ!

Take it easy on him...we all had a time when we first learned about aspect ratios!

Truewitt · 11-08-2008, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canada

It's Blu Ray not Blue-Ray first of all. Not all Blu Ray movies have the letter boxing top an bottom but most do.

1:85:1 no black bars.

Terminator
Disturbia
Courage Under Fire
Goodfellas
Saving Private Ryan
28 Days Later
and all TV Show's shot in HD like Lost, 24, and Band of Brothers

2:35:1 Black Bars

300
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight (well except for the scenes shot in IMAX)
Black Hawk Down
Heat
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
and the majority of other huge hollywood fims

Actually, it's Blu-ray not Blu Ray.

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Red Hood · 11-08-2008, 12:27 AM

All your dvds are 1.78:1 or maybe 1.85:1?

11-07-2008, 11:04 PM	#1
bastogne17 New Member Member since:Nov 2008	Blue Ray Playback On Ps3 I recently hooked up my PS3 to my pioneer plasma PDP-LX 5090. Since this is my first blue-ray player, I have a question. Is it normal that all blue-ray movies have a black band above and below the picture. I can't seem to get the image to fill the screen. I can only use the zoom in my tv, but then the quality of the image turns to crap.Is this normal for all blue-ray movies and players or is it a PS3 thing? My DVD's get upscaled perfectly and fill the screen.

11-07-2008, 11:26 PM	#5
bastogne17 New Member Member since:Nov 2008	Thanks for the quick response Thanks a lot for the info. The question has probably been asked a milion times before but thanks for answering it again. I guess I will have to get used to the black bars. No big deal.

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11-07-2008, 11:10 PM	#2
jon s Active Member Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray reviews:3	you need to read up on aspect ratios... widescreen sets are 1.78:1 movies can be 1.66:1; 1.85:1; 2.00:1; 2.20:1; 2.35:1 or even 2:55:1

11-07-2008, 11:11 PM	#3
Zman2k2 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Calgary, Canada Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:136 Trading Score:54	Lots of good info here.

11-07-2008, 11:20 PM	#4
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	It's Blu Ray not Blue-Ray first of all. Not all Blu Ray movies have the letter boxing top an bottom but most do. 1:85:1 no black bars. Terminator Disturbia Courage Under Fire Goodfellas Saving Private Ryan 28 Days Later and all TV Show's shot in HD like Lost, 24, and Band of Brothers 2:35:1 Black Bars 300 Batman Begins The Dark Knight (well except for the scenes shot in IMAX) Black Hawk Down Heat Star Wars Lord of the Rings and the majority of other huge hollywood fims

11-07-2008, 11:34 PM	#7
BluBluWorld Active Member Member since:Feb 2008 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:308 DVD collection:3 Blu-ray reviews: 1	You have the money to buy an high end display and blu-ray, yet have no idea about black bars? Didn't people figure this out back in the DVD days Zooming in KILLS PQ!

11-08-2008, 12:27 AM	#10
Red Hood Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2008 Blu-ray collection:33	All your dvds are 1.78:1 or maybe 1.85:1?

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