DVD HD Hook Up...

Hello all,

Just hooked up my first HD televison and everything looks good, however...
my DVD is set to output 16:9, the DVD menu's fill the entire screen and look
great, but when the movie starts there are still black bars at the top and
bottom of the screen, is this normal?

Thanks,
Marty.

Martin S.

If it's an anamorphic widescreen movie with an aspect ratio of 2:35 it
will still have the black bars, only much smaller than on a regualr
4x3 set. If you want a film that fills the screen, look for movie with
a 1:85 aspect ratio. Most newer films are 1:85, but most of the big
action films are 2:35.

Jim Reid

"Martin S." <> writes:
>Hello all,
>
>Just hooked up my first HD televison and everything looks good, however...
>my DVD is set to output 16:9, the DVD menu's fill the entire screen and look
>great, but when the movie starts there are still black bars at the top and
>bottom of the screen, is this normal?
>
>Thanks,
>Marty.
>

yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Aspect_Ratio

scott

Scott Lurndal

On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:04:12 -0600, Chet Bosco <>
wrote:

>A ratio of 16:9 is 1.78:1. If a movie uses a wider ratio, especially
>2.35 or wider, you can expect to see black bars. Black bars are your
>friend. Do not be afraid of black bars. If a program has a ratio less
>than 1.78:1, such as regular 1.33:1 TV then the black bars will be on
>the sides of the picture. These are good black bars too. There are no
>black bars. Do not zoom your TV to fill the screen if the original
>programming wasn't made in exactly the same shape. Who's your friend?
>That's right, it's black bars.
>
>CB
>

All very nice, except that you were too goddamned lazy to put it where
it belongs, as in beneath the text you are responding to.

This ain't email. In Usenet, replies go UNDER the quoted text (or
interspersed), and the quoted text should be snipped (as I did) not
merely a quotation of the entire post being replied to.

As you learned so much about audio and video, is it really too much to
ask that you also lean about communication forums you decide to
invade/interlope into? Because unless you follow the accepted
conventions, all it really is is an invasion or interloping. Following
conventions should be the rule everywhere. Follow the flock mentalities
is what got our economy in the shape it is in. This isn't email. Mice
have scrollers, and there are scroll bars on the side of the browser
window, so learn how to structure a Usenet post the way Usenet posts have
been written for decades. Not too much to ask. I am surprised to find
you on a news client instead of Outhouse Express, which is what I
expected to see.

StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt

Top posting is easier to read!

The guy gave a good response.
You just **** all over him and yourself.

Get some kind of real life, DarkMatter!

============================
"StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:04:12 -0600, Chet Bosco <>
> wrote:
>
>>A ratio of 16:9 is 1.78:1. If a movie uses a wider ratio, especially
>>2.35 or wider, you can expect to see black bars. Black bars are your
>>friend. Do not be afraid of black bars. If a program has a ratio less
>>than 1.78:1, such as regular 1.33:1 TV then the black bars will be on
>>the sides of the picture. These are good black bars too. There are no
>>black bars. Do not zoom your TV to fill the screen if the original
>>programming wasn't made in exactly the same shape. Who's your friend?
>>That's right, it's black bars.
>>
>>CB
>>
>
> All very nice, except that you were too goddamned lazy to put it where
> it belongs, as in beneath the text you are responding to.
>
> This ain't email. In Usenet, replies go UNDER the quoted text (or
> interspersed), and the quoted text should be snipped (as I did) not
> merely a quotation of the entire post being replied to.
>
> As you learned so much about audio and video, is it really too much to
> ask that you also lean about communication forums you decide to
> invade/interlope into? Because unless you follow the accepted
> conventions, all it really is is an invasion or interloping. Following
> conventions should be the rule everywhere. Follow the flock mentalities
> is what got our economy in the shape it is in. This isn't email. Mice
> have scrollers, and there are scroll bars on the side of the browser
> window, so learn how to structure a Usenet post the way Usenet posts have
> been written for decades. Not too much to ask. I am surprised to find
> you on a news client instead of Outhouse Express, which is what I
> expected to see.

Richard C.

Richard C. wrote on [Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:13:07 -0800]:
> Top posting is easier to read!

No, it's not, idiot.

Justin

On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:13:07 -0800, "Richard C." <post->
wrote:

>Top posting is easier to read!
>
>The guy gave a good response.
>You just **** all over him and yourself.
>
>Get some kind of real life, DarkMatter!
>
>============================

No, you retarded ****. The FIRST thing I stated was that it was a good
response, you illiterate, top-posting ****tard! If you could read, you
would have noted that fact, but you are to much of a simpleton for even
that.

StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt

"Chet Bosco" <> wrote in message
news:.. .
> In article <>,
> says...
>> On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:13:07 -0800, "Richard C." <post->
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Top posting is easier to read!
>> >
>> >The guy gave a good response.
>> >You just **** all over him and yourself.
>> >
>> >Get some kind of real life, DarkMatter!
>> >
>> >============================
>>
>> No, you retarded ****. The FIRST thing I stated was that it was a good
>> response, you illiterate, top-posting ****tard! If you could read, you
>> would have noted that fact, but you are to much of a simpleton for even
>> that.
>>
>
> Here, I'll let everyone read your intelligent response before mine.
> Okay?
>
> You are extremely presumptuous. I have been working with film, video,
> and computers for about 30 years. I have yet referred to anyone as a
> ****tard, though you do make it seem awfully tempting. People that want
> to argue about top versus bottom posting bore the living **** out of me.
> I'll do it however the **** I want. And I don't always do it the same
> way, it depends on my intent.
>
> Remember what Thumper's father said?
>
> CB

=======================
Well stated!

Richard C.

On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 08:28:14 -0600, Chet Bosco <>
wrote:

>In article <>,
> says...
>> On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:13:07 -0800, "Richard C." <post->
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Top posting is easier to read!
>> >
>> >The guy gave a good response.
>> >You just **** all over him and yourself.
>> >
>> >Get some kind of real life, DarkMatter!
>> >
>> >============================
>>
>> No, you retarded ****. The FIRST thing I stated was that it was a good
>> response, you illiterate, top-posting ****tard! If you could read, you
>> would have noted that fact, but you are to much of a simpleton for even
>> that.
>>
>
>Here, I'll let everyone read your intelligent response before mine.
>Okay?

I knew that you would be too goddamned retarded to grasp the meaning of
the post.
>
>You are extremely presumptuous.


No, I am not. Top posting in Usenet is 100% retarded. You top post.
You are retarded. Pretty simple.

> I have been working with film, video,
>and computers for about 30 years.

Whoopie ****in' doo, dipshit.

> I have yet referred to anyone as a
>****tard,

I calls 'em likes I sees 'em, ****tard.

> though you do make it seem awfully tempting.

Just re-read the post, and see that I credited your for your info, but
banged you for not knowing Usenet conventions, despite your "30 years of
experience" claim. One, the other, or both are obviously bullshit.

> People that want
>to argue about top versus bottom posting bore the living **** out of me.

So what, you ****ing retard. Just because you decide what YOU think is
important and is not does not preclude you from getting railed by folks
when YOU INVADE OUR group with YOUR lazy ****tard attitude toward DECADES
established convention. You dig, you retarded ****?

>I'll do it however the **** I want.

Yes, ****tards like you are around every turn in Usenet now. It's a
goddamned shame that retards like you cannot eat e-lead.

> And I don't always do it the same
>way, it depends on my intent.


Yeah... more retarded baby bullshit logic to give you the "right" to
ignore convention. Do you also run red lights? If not, ask yourself
why. Then apply that answer to other conventions, particularly those
that you have decided to **** on in your life.

Are you starting to get it, dumb****?

>Remember what Thumper's father said?

You're a goddamned retard, boy.

Post how you like. End up on 70% of folks filter lists. I don't care.
I WILL, however, continue calling you the piece of **** that you are for
blatantly ignoring the convention, you lazy ****ing retarded bastard.

StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt

On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 08:27:07 -0800, "Richard C." <post->
wrote:

>"Chet Bosco" <> wrote in message
>news:. ..
>> In article <>,
>> says...
>>> On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:13:07 -0800, "Richard C." <post->
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Top posting is easier to read!
>>> >
>>> >The guy gave a good response.
>>> >You just **** all over him and yourself.
>>> >
>>> >Get some kind of real life, DarkMatter!
>>> >
>>> >============================
>>>
>>> No, you retarded ****. The FIRST thing I stated was that it was a good
>>> response, you illiterate, top-posting ****tard! If you could read, you
>>> would have noted that fact, but you are to much of a simpleton for even
>>> that.
>>>
>>
>> Here, I'll let everyone read your intelligent response before mine.
>> Okay?
>>
>> You are extremely presumptuous. I have been working with film, video,
>> and computers for about 30 years. I have yet referred to anyone as a
>> ****tard, though you do make it seem awfully tempting. People that want
>> to argue about top versus bottom posting bore the living **** out of me.
>> I'll do it however the **** I want. And I don't always do it the same
>> way, it depends on my intent.
>>
>> Remember what Thumper's father said?
>>
>> CB
>
>=======================
>Well stated!


Bullshit, He is almost even more retarded than you, but you still have
the belt for that one.

StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt