Why is it that I cannot get to grips with technology??

 

I mean I was fed up with watching DVDs "through a letterbox" so I bought a wide screen TV a year ago. Yet when I put Casino Royal in the DVD this evening I still get those stupin fekking black lines at the top and bottom of the picture.

 

Sure, I play with the picture zoom, from "panorama" to "cinema" but whilst the lines disappear, I lose some of the picture because it stretches the image to fit.

 

Why oh why does the bloody thing still have those sodding lines when the damn TV is widescreen anyway???

 

I cannot watch it as it pisses me off..... :rant:

 

Or am I just being too picky?? :rant:

 

Richard

its probably in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Widescreen tv's (16:9 ratio) struck a "happy" medium of between the 4:3 standard and what big studios mostly use 2.35:1 here might help a little if you are interested http://www.thelooniverse.com/movies/west/aspectratio/aspectratio.html :D some dvd's are converted to 16:9 others may remain in 2.35:1 as the director intended them to be viewed

 

this one is probably a little clearer for reading http://www.dvdaust.com/dtv_aspect_ratios.htm