widesceen movies arent widesceen

[Dutchmaster420]

i bouight a widesceen tv for the purpose of full widesceen w/o bars....why is this w/o the fancy 1:185 bs and all that

are full screen movies then wide screen?

 

[Crusty]

huh? English please.

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[sillymofo]

You shoulda get edumacated before spending money, in your case, you got pwned.

The TV is a fix 16:9 format, while your Hollywood directors are not. They film their movies at whatever format they're in the mood for at the moment. Some are nice enough to convert it to 16:9 when they put the movie on DVDs, albeit you'll lose some contents, while others just want to piss you off with the black bars.

 

[Kaervak]

The aspect ratio of all (to my knowledge) widescreen TV's are 1.78:1. Movies are filmed in various aspect ratios. 1.33:1, 1.66:1, 1.78:1. 1:85:1 & 2.35:1 to name a few. 1.78:1 for widescreen tv's was chosen as a a best compromise. Widescreen TV's can't change their aspect ratio like DLP projectors can.

 

[Dutchmaster420]

sorry you cant understand my english: :

when im watching io cable and it takes up the whole screen...is it stretching it?

 

[UlricT]

RTFM! Or at least list the TV model!!!

 

[Dutchmaster420]

RTFM?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Read The Friendly Manual

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
sorry you cant understand my english: :

when im watching io cable and it takes up the whole screen...is it stretching it?

YES.

Unless you're watching HDTV, but from the sounds of your posts you probably aren't.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
RTFM?

You must be new to Life. Would you like the book?

- M4H

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
RTFM?

Read The (deleted expletive four letter word begins with F) Manual.

 

[Dutchmaster420]

when i watch say david letterman in hdtv it is a box in the middle with bars around it....when i watch regular channels i have it on 1080i and strecth because normal is letterbox also

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
when i watch say david letterman in hdtv it is a box in the middle with bars around it....

That's because it's being filmed in an aspect ratio higher than 1.78:1. That's normal.

Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
when i watch regular channels i have it on 1080i and strecth because normal is letterbox also

When you do that, you're stretching the aspect ratio of the program to fill the screen. Sometimes that can distort the image and make things look weird, but if it doesn't bother you, don't worry about it.

 

[Crusty]

IIRC David Letterman isn't broadcast in HD...at least where I am.

Do you have any HD service to your house?

 

[Dutchmaster420]

alright thanks....yes letterman is in hdtv on long island with cablevision

 

[BAMAVOO]

Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
when i watch say david letterman in hdtv it is a box in the middle with bars around it....when i watch regular channels i have it on 1080i and strecth because normal is letterbox also

You want to set the HDTV receiver to Normal mode when watching HDTV programming. The other channels will require stretching. My tv leaves my choice for all HD channels at normal the rest at Stretch.

I hope this is what you are talking about

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo

Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
RTFM?

Read The (deleted expletive four letter word begins with F) Manual.

You're thinking of the kama sutra book. In this case the F stands for a seven-letter word.

 

[John]

Not all HD content is widescreen, some of it is still 4:3. HBO's OZ comes to mind.

 

[0roo0roo]

2.35 is like super wide, and ussually used for epic type films, or sci fi. gives more of a grand feeling, immersive. but it used to be harder for directors to deal with, gotta compensate for animorphic lense distortion blah blah... probably not so important anymore now that fx are mostly digital. the lesser wide screen is good for movies like freaky friday or whatever dramas etc. its a compromise, and easier to convert to pan and scam.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
alright thanks....yes letterman is in hdtv on long island with cablevision

Ye gads you have Cablevision? Switch to direcTV and buy a car with what you'll save dude...

 

[Dutchmaster420]

ill hardly save anything like i said with my internet fees going up