black bars on dvds

[GeneralJenkins]

is there anyway to get rid of the black bars on the sides of the screen when playing a dvd on my xbox 360? just a little annoying... btw im using vga cords and displaying in 1280x720. the tv is a 32 inch widescreen lcd.

im sure someone out there is smarter than i am with this stuff.
thanks

 

[drbutchevil]

My guess would be the DVD is Full Screen, which is set up for 4:3 tvs, and chances are, doesnt have a valid 16:9 ratio version. If I'm wrong, someone else may correct me

 

[GeneralJenkins]

could be but i just dloaded basketball diaries over live and its not widescreen either. also i really coulda sworn the dvds i played were widescreen

 

[SNAKE EYES EX]

Check to see if the disc is 'anamorphic' or 'enhanced for 16:9 displays' if it doesn't say either of those two things, than the black bars are part of the image encoded on the disc and your SOL.

Hopefully that movie will come out on HD DVD, then you can melt that disc into an shiv and stab the idiot that encoded it.

 

[Malik112099]

[quote name='drbutchevil']My guess would be the DVD is Full Screen, which is set up for 4:3 tvs, and chances are, doesnt have a valid 16:9 ratio version. If I'm wrong, someone else may correct me [/quote]

+1

 

[halfbent]

You can also stretch it with the options. Bring up the controller menu, and it's one of the those. It doesn't give you a perfect picture by any means, but it's less annoying than the black bars usually. I use it for the Family Guy DVDs because they aren't widescreen. =\

 

[DCriminal]

You are getting black bars because you are displaying the true aspect ratio of the movie, which is not 16:9.

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It's normal.

Make sure your dvd player is set to 16:9 as it's aspect ratio.

Also note that movies with a 2.35:1 ratio will stil display the bars since that ration is still wider than widescreen tv's.The 16:9 tv's are mostly in a ratio of 1.77 and most dvds are either 1.85, 1.66, and the real wide one of 2.35:1.

Widescreen tv's will get rid of the black bars for most dvds with 1.85, 1.77, and perhaps some of the 1.66. But with 2.35:1 it's showing you it's actual size and will always show the bars unless you zoom in causing you to cut the picture or stretch it.

Widescreen Tv's are also not supposed to rid of the black bars problem they are to give you the better resolution on dvds that are anamorphic (set you dvd player to 16:9). With enhanced for widescreen dvds your tv will show them better in reolution and quality than most 4:3 tvs can.

Hope that helps.