Aspect Ratio I just received the BD35 for Xmas and was given the narnia movies and iron man, but none of them fill up the entire screen. Has anyone else had this problem?
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Mike..during set-up of the bd35, you have a choice to choose your aspect ratio.....2 of the choices are 16:9 and 16:9 full ( which says that the black bars would be elimanetd from the top and bottom of the screen. I chose 16:9 full and still had the black bars while watching Batman begins. I even tried changing my tv aspect ratio to 16:9 but when the bd35 was turned on and the movie started playing, my tv's aspect ratio changed from 16:9 to widescreen and the 16:9 aspect was no longer available as a menu choice. Does the bd35 ovrerride your tv's aspect ratio setting and should the 16:9 full aspect ratio on the bd35 eliminate the black bars as it says it should? Mike..during set-up of the bd35, you have a choice to choose your aspect ratio.....2 of the choices are 16:9 and 16:9 full ( which says that the black bars would be elimanetd from the top and bottom of the screen. I chose 16:9 full and still had the black bars while watching Batman begins. I even tried changing my tv aspect ratio to 16:9 but when the bd35 was turned on and the movie started playing, my tv's aspect ratio changed from 16:9 to widescreen and the 16:9 aspect was no longer available as a menu choice. Does the bd35 ovrerride your tv's aspect ratio setting and should the 16:9 full... » Read More Mike..during set-up of the bd35, you have a choice to choose your aspect ratio.....2 of the choices are 16:9 and 16:9 full ( which says that the black bars would be elimanetd from the top and bottom of the screen. I chose 16:9 full and still had the black bars while watching Batman begins. I even tried changing my tv aspect ratio to 16:9 but when the bd35 was turned on and the movie started playing, my tv's aspect ratio changed from 16:9 to widescreen and the 16:9 aspect was no longer available as a menu choice. Does the bd35 ovrerride your tv's aspect ratio setting and should the 16:9 full aspect ratio on the bd35 eliminate the black bars as it says it should? « Show Less
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I found the same thing. All the reviews and introductions were "Full Screen" but as soon as the movie started here came the black lines top and bottom. Very disappointing.
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More info... black bars on the top and bottom are normal, even on a widescreen tv.
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as David said - they're not supposed to fill the "entire" screen - they're widescreen movies, i.e. wider in aspect ratio than a 16x9 TV. Some movies are less "wide" and will fill up basically the whole screen, but the wider-screen movies will still have black bars (albeit smaller than they would otherwise on a square TV).
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Thanks Mike!My tv is a wide screen, so I assumed it would fill the entire screen. Your info makes me feel better.
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I only watch movies so far. I've been collecting 3d movies for the last several months. All are not created equal. In the upper left hand corner as your movie loads it tells you if it is 1080p, aspect ratio, and refresh. It is getting that from the source. Which I would assume would be the same for vid games. I have neither the new Xbox or ps4 but would bet new games made for them would have the higher refresh rate.
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What you are looking for is Zoom2, and I thought as you did that I could 'fix' the set to Zoom2. The funny thing is that Zoom2 stretches the picture a bit, even though it shouldn't.I've since been using Auto and it is fine. It takes a second or two to adjust, but really it is a non-issue for almost all movies out there. The only ones which would be an issue are those which switch from IMAX to Cinemascope like TRANSFORMERS 3, THE DARK KNIGHT, and maybe THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (I haven't seen it yet).
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When you said 'under 4GB' I thought it likely your problem was with 'over 4GB.' As noted the 'fix' is not only super easy but it also frees up lots of space on your SD card. So just use moo0 to make a 1.5 or 2gb size version of Gravity. Just checked, copy of Gravity is 1.7GB so I think I set moo0 for 1.5 and it came out close as 1.7. Be sure to check out Food Fight, a short by I think LG, on youtube. Just about the most fun 3D demo and great to show others what the Inferno can do. Re: how much I know.... I just happen to have had a head start on the learning curve...much fun. BTW I am using Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate, a good all around converter, to kill all black bars and play all my 3D videos on the full 8" screen. Some of these movies in letterbox kill about 30% of the already small screen. The very slight stretch on some images is worth it to me for the full screen playback. Feel free to follow up if you encounter more 'bumps.'
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Thanks for the reply, it is helpful. I saw a 3D bluray disk of Monsters Vs Aliens with about 30 minutes from the movie, which is all they had. I also felt the source material may not have been well done for 3D. The picture quality also dropped noticably but both may have been because the 3D settings needed tweaking.
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Thanks for the info Kevin, just got back from a huge dvd store here and I noticed a lot of Blu Ray discs marked 'all regions' (1,2,3) on the back of them so Sony may be trying relax restrictions for now to corner the market here. I also just found out that's it's pointless getting a blu-ray and/or hd-dvd player as my 3 year old 43" Pioneer Plasma with external hig def set top box can only output 1024 X 768 pixels max, so I wouldn't visibly see blu-rays or hd-dvd's 1080p potential...think I'm better off just getting a good upscaling dvd player & a good hdmi cable. Except for PS2, dvd players/recorders sold here are region free out of the box anyway. Will look out for Oppo but don't think it's sold here. Thanks for the info Kevin, just got back from a huge dvd store here and I noticed a lot of Blu Ray discs marked 'all regions' (1,2,3) on the back of them so Sony may be trying relax restrictions for now to corner the market here. I also just found out that's it's pointless getting a blu-ray and/or hd-dvd player as my 3 year old 43" Pioneer Plasma with external hig def set top box can only output 1024 X 768 pixels max, so I wouldn't visibly see blu-rays or hd-dvd's 1080p potential...think I'm better off just getting a good upscaling dvd player & a good hdmi cable. Except for PS2, dvd... » Read More Thanks for the info Kevin, just got back from a huge dvd store here and I noticed a lot of Blu Ray discs marked 'all regions' (1,2,3) on the back of them so Sony may be trying relax restrictions for now to corner the market here. I also just found out that's it's pointless getting a blu-ray and/or hd-dvd player as my 3 year old 43" Pioneer Plasma with external hig def set top box can only output 1024 X 768 pixels max, so I wouldn't visibly see blu-rays or hd-dvd's 1080p potential...think I'm better off just getting a good upscaling dvd player & a good hdmi cable. Except for PS2, dvd players/recorders sold here are region free out of the box anyway. Will look out for Oppo but don't think it's sold here. « Show Less
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All I'm using mine is for video, my main purpose was to get rid of the black lines on the aspect ratio, for audio I use fiber optic directly into our SonyAudio receiver I did have to play with the audio sync to get the lips to match the voice on Blu Rays that I expanded to fill the screen.... So far I'm happy..... Just wish I could also go full screen with 3d movies...... 3d won't work when you go full screen...... We're projecting with a Epson 3010 3d projector onto a 14 ft screen...... What kind of setup do you have?????
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First try to change the inputs a few times to see if that works. For me I tried to use their screen fill feature and when I did the screen turned blue. I was about to return it when I tried connecting it to a blue ray player and it unlocked it. Since then I have not tried to use that feature and have had no problems with it. This is technically a flaw in the monitor that I'm over looking because I don't want to go through the hassle of returning it and when Canon releases the firmware update at the end of this month it will allow for a full screen view and at this price point you cannot find a monitor with HDMI out and in, which I love. If this does not help, you may have a defective unit and need to return it. Hopefully that helped, good luck.
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Go into your settings and you'll have to make a lot of changes to give it a traditional movie picture. I had a samsung and my 70 sharp and had same problems but it's actually a quick fix
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Actually why would someone have an expensive wide screen and watch it at 4:3 is beyond me. It becomes very hard to see and it is like your TV has shrunk. Most recent flat screens will widen it without too much distortion.
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So does this mean my "WIDESCREEN" dvds will be stretched? I purposely bought WIDESCREEN versions of my DVDs because I like them exactly as the theater and I don't mind the top/bottom black bars even when viewing them on my widescreen HDTV (37" panasonic plasma). Any more info would be great. Thanks!
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Have you tried to adjust your screen size through the television controls? I have not had this problem. I wold ask the manufacturer or Nintendo support. It is always possible that the converter you received is defective and returning it for a new one would fix the problem. Contact the seller and try that. It might help. I have a large screen television and it fills the complete screen just as a movie would. Good luck. I hope you find a solution.
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Hello friends AmazonSure I can help Mr. dallas. The problem is that I use much. Micca MPLAY-HD 1080p Full-H. But I think with the greatest respect to allusers. With the Internet and check all the movies and documentariesentered online at practically the HDMI and 3D HD DVD, Blu-ray, etc.are coming to an end I see myself in almost all stores. Nobody buys DVD movies. Personally what I do is download the movies in HDMI Internet 3D Blu-ray, etc.. And I copy a 360GB hard drive for viewing my Micca MPLAY-HD 1080p Full-HBest regards,
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You may be viewing in the full-screen mode which distorts things. Try using a different setting like actual size I believe.
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That would depend on your DVD software. Unless the movie is "matted" the software will automatically maintain the original aspect ratio, and place black bars on the left and right. For instance, all current DVDs that are in widescreen no longer "matt" the black bars on top and right, and allow the software to put them in. Some old movies, bought back prior to '02 or '03 (for instance, I have this issue with "Terminator 2" and "Hunt for Red October") the widescreen is matted, so on this monitor I will get black bars on top and bottom from the "matt" and left and right from the software. There is an easy fix if you have this problem: change the resolution. I have a widescreen laptop, and when I watch anything in matted widescreen, I simply change the resolution from 1280:800 to 1280:1024, and the monitor crops the black bars off the top and bottom of the screen. When the movie is done, I switch back. This is in the graphic card setup, not the monitor, so just change the Display Properties. Hope this helps.
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You'e welcome! I will be purchasing "Polar Express" in "Wide-Screen" and we'll see if this stutters, also. Darn, but the big HD TV and awsome special effects make that stutter more objectionable!! Maybe a software upgrade from Pioneer?
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Isnt that a shame? so you're saying that it will look grainy on any blue ray player? I wouldve thought any encoding problem wouldve been fixed by now, i mean 300 just came out on blue ray.Do stores offer refunds or something? Have you tried a different blue ray? or a different TV? Im going to take mine to my friends house and test it on his LCD TV.thxThank you.