PS3 Blu-ray Letterboxing?

MonkeyMan said:
Next time your in the cinema look out for the screen changing size when they go from adverts to film. It's changes quite a bit, and you would need a rather wide tv to fit it all in perfectly.
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Glad I'm not the only one who notices this.


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If you don't want the black bars zoom the picture in so its fit your TV (but make sure the aspect ratio is maintained). Given that the movie is HD it's not going to impact quality a great deal.

Alternatively, buy a digital projector, and then you won't notice any black bars, it'll be like being at the cinema.
 
The best way I found of eliminating the black bars was to saw the top and bottom of my TV off.:D

Seriously though,it shouldn't be an issue as you are seeing the film the way the director intended,zooming will surely cut parts of the scene from view and detract from the viewing experience.

I think possibly with the use of an HTPC and the correct software,maybe even a hardware scaler you could eliminate the borders without cropping the image.
 
smit101 said:
I think possibly with the use of an HTPC and the correct software,maybe even a hardware scaler you could eliminate the borders without cropping the image.
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I don't think it's possible without changing the master copy, which I'm guessing if a 2:35:1 film is filmed in 2:35:1 you can't possibly change that, would be nice if you could.
 
I prefer watching films with 2:35:1 over 1:85 which fills it, it just feels more cinematic with the black bars. The only problem with bars is if you are watching on a portable tv, when you can lose nearly half your screen.
 
I also hate the black bars and the snobbery that seems to go with it. "As the director meant it to be seen" is tosh. I agree that if you have a screen the image should fill it.

EDIT - people seemed to freak out when PAL consoles had black bars when displaying games.
 
Rhys said:
EDIT - people seemed to freak out when PAL consoles had black bars when displaying games.
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That was due to the difference between NTSC/PAL or lazyness on the devs part in not making a decent conversion, not really the same as the black borders you get on films.
 
DolbyDigitalTHX said:
...or paint your whole room black. :)

Seriously though, pretty much all TVs have the zoom features, and there should be no need to stretch as well. The zoom in will only crop the left and right sides. As long as you're not fussed about cinematography you should be fine with that.

Also, with blu-ray, you shouldn't notice much degradation in picture quality when you do zoom in. In fact, depending on your set-up, you might even notice slightly more overall detail as you will be utilising your TV's full vertical resolution.

Worth a try anyway - if your boyfriend can't work it out, try asking a local schoolkid.... :)
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We've tried just zooming on the tv, and it distorts the image. The bars are so big that you have to zoom in a LOT to get rid of them. Blah.
 
It is the same with SD DVD's though, some of them are also 2.35:1 :confused:

Or can the SD DVD's be stretched/Zoomed when the BR DVD's can't?

My solution was to get a 40" LCD as a replacement for a 32" CRT so it is big enough to not matter as we sit <10 feet from the screen :p
 
Dutch Guy said:
It is the same with SD DVD's though, some of them are also 2.35:1 :confused:

Or can the SD DVD's be stretched/Zoomed when the BR DVD's can't?
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I think most SD-DVDs are "anomorphic" which allows the player to resize the picture to fill the screen without losing much of importance.

Blu-Ray (and HD-DVD) can't do this because it is designed to be 1.78:1 (1920x1080), so if they allow the player to resize the picture, it will no longer be 1.78:1.
 
El_Watcher said:
I think most SD-DVDs are "anomorphic" which allows the player to resize the picture to fill the screen without losing much of importance.
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I never do that as I have dutch subtitles that are partly in the black bar so if I zoom the picture I lose one line of subtitles.
 
Dutch Guy said:
It is the same with SD DVD's though, some of them are also 2.35:1 :confused:

Or can the SD DVD's be stretched/Zoomed when the BR DVD's can't?

My solution was to get a 40" LCD as a replacement for a 32" CRT so it is big enough to not matter as we sit <10 feet from the screen :p
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All of my dvds automatically fit to the screen, the blu-rays don't do this, and zooming makes them look awful.
 
smit101 said:
The best way I found of eliminating the black bars was to saw the top and bottom of my TV off.:D

Seriously though,it shouldn't be an issue as you are seeing the film the way the director intended,zooming will surely cut parts of the scene from view and detract from the viewing experience.

I think possibly with the use of an HTPC and the correct software,maybe even a hardware scaler you could eliminate the borders without cropping the image.
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Not unless you can perform magic.
 
Vixen said:
We've tried just zooming on the tv, and it distorts the image. The bars are so big that you have to zoom in a LOT to get rid of them. Blah.
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Regular zooming should never distort the picture, however, many sets have 'compromise' options which zoom a little and also stretch slightly - which IMO only confuses and/or irritates.

If you'd like more specific help, perhaps you could post the make and model of the TV, and we could check for an online manual to verify the zoom options. It may also be useful to know how you've connected the PS3 to it (ie what kind of cable).

On a widescreen TV of that size, I'd be very surprised if there isn't a distort-free zoom...
 
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