I have an 65 inch wide screen TV. Some widescreen DVD's fill the whole screen, while others have the black bands on top and bottom. Why?HD but I don't have an HD DVD player yet. I bought Wild Hogs in widescreen and it filled the entire screen. Transformers has the blank bands. I just don't understand the dif.
2007-10-18 06:52:33 · 2 answers · asked by Goldie 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
A widescreen TV has aspect ratio of 16:9. Theatrical movies have been made in a variety of ratios. Films that are exceptionally wide have to either be cut down to show the center portion only, or use the bars. The movie studio makes the decision how to distribute the DVD version. A widescreen DVD means that the program content is designed to fit on a 16:9 display as opposed to the old fashioned 4:3 TV set size.
2007-10-19 08:44:27 · answer #1 · answered by lare 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some widescreen formats are different than others. the hd format is slightly different and some dvds will go ahead and incorporate those size ratios to save time and money.
2007-10-18 07:18:33 · answer #2 · answered by greg b 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋