WHY does my xbox still play movies in letterbox!!!!

[Narse]

I have a 52" Widescreen HDTV and the Xbox HD pak. I also have it set to widescreen in the dash. WHY do I still have black lines in Matrix:Reloaded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[iwearnosox]

This?

 

[Feldenak]

Because it's a crap movie?

 

[Wingznut]

Because the movie is 2.33:1 ratio (theatre version) while your Widescreen is 1.77:1?

 

[Narse]

Originally posted by: Wingznut
Because the movie is 2.33:1 ratio (theatre version) while your Widescreen is 1.77:1?

Could be

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: Narse

Originally posted by: Wingznut
Because the movie is 2.33:1 ratio (theatre version) while your Widescreen is 1.77:1?

Could be

I thought the same thing when I bought my HDTV. The bars annoyed me, because I thought I was getting rid of them by getting a widescreen.

But then I learned that movies are in 2.33:1, and sometimes they modify it to 1.77:1 for DVD. Depends on the release, though.

 

[paruhd0x]

Yep, some DVDs arnt exact ratio to fit correctly. Sucks, but that is how it is.

 

[ElFenix]

better than fitting 2.33 to 1 on a 4 to 3 tv!

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
better than fitting 2.33 to 1 on a 4 to 3 tv!

Definitlely. 🙂

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Aren't some movies 16:9 in the theatre?

 

[sillymofo]

The only HDTV that I know can stretch or change a fix/digital format is the Mitsu Gold series HDTV. I don't know if they have upgraded all of their TVs or not.

 

[SaltBoy]

Matrix Reloaded is 2.35:1, so you WILL have black bars on a 16:9 display.
On the OTHER hand, Monster's Inc (for example) is 1.85:1, which will just about fill up a whole 16:9 display
and on the other OTHER hand, The Lion King (for example) is 1.66:1, which will cause black bars to show on the sides of a 16:9 display.

Blame the filmmakers for choosing the aspect ratios they do. Heck, Ben Hur has about a 2.70:1 ratio.