Question

[Jim Cornell]

Does anybody here own a HDTV LCD widescreen tv, and still have the black bar at the top and bottom of the picture? Tonight I picked up a 26" HDMI HDTV, LCD widescreen tv NEW. What exacally is HDMI my pioneer Elite has this option also, and what does it do?

Regards Jim

[DoubleJ]

Jim:

This link explains it better than I trying to type a response..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI

Enjoy the purchase.

JJ

[Jim Cornell]

Here is a picture for kicks. Regards Jim

[Jim Cornell]

Yes it sitting on the big screen that does not work LOL.

[Jim Cornell]

Another pic

[DoubleJ]

Now that puts a twist on things..

You have POP..Picture on Picture!![]

[Jim Cornell]

Notice the map in the big screen for directions for repair. I might, I might not.

Jim

[Jim Cornell]

Thank you JJ I just printed that out. Here is a pic of the third TV in the room, direct tv had to be on something lOL

Regards Jim

[Arky]

Jim, you should be able to stretch the screen via your direct remote or resize via the tv remote. You may need to go into setup. At least that's how my dish hd works. I'm assuming you are looking at a standard def channel there.

[ricktate]

POP now thats funny but it should be PONP pic on no pic but its still funny.Rick

[oldbuckster]

I don't know about TV's but I do know that Audio System looks pretty sweet............Nice KHorns.........read your owners manual, should tell you how to get full screen picture, if that's what you want........................

[TNRabbit]

Dang, man! How many multi-disc players do you HAVE?!!?

[Darien]

Here is some info about Aspect ratios and Letterboxing, Its a cut and paste.

Aspect ratio

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Aspect ratio is the measure of a visual images width against its height. It is an important concept to understand, as it helps determines what we see on a display.

Most standard TVs have an aspect ratio of 4:3 (or 1.33:1). If you were to look at a regular CRT TV set, you will see that the screen is only slightly wider than it is tall. This aspect ratio works fine for most of the shows that we watch. We are used to seeing our favorite TV programs on a screen like this, and weve been perfectly content with this for several years.

Now, go to a movie theater, and wait for the show to start. As you look at the screen, you see that it is much wider than it is tall. The aspect ratio of most movie theaters is 1.85:1. This is close to what most films are shot in, although the exact ratio is determined by the artistic vision of the director and cinematographer. We dont have a problem with this when we are sitting in the multiplex, eating our popcorn and getting gum stuck to the bottom of our shoes. But, what happens when you want to watch the DVD of this movie in the cozy comforts of your home theater? How can we fit the image from the movie theaters screen onto our TV?

Letterboxing

One solution that movie studios use is called letterboxing. When a film is transferred to video, black bars are added to the top and bottom of the image. These bars fill up the empty space above and below the widescreen image. This will allow a film to be shown on a 4:3 aspect ration TV set, and maintains the widescreen quality of the original work

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http://www.cablestogo.com/user_training/Home%20Theater/Letterboxing.htm

http://www.cablestogo.com/user_training/Home%20Theater/Pan%20and%20scan.htm

http://www.cablestogo.com/user_training/Home%20Theater/Widescreen%20TV.htm

Some good visuals here to explain the differences between Movie screen aspect ratios and Televisions in both standard and widescreen formats.

http://www.widescreenadvocate.org/widescreenprimer.html

[TNRabbit]

So I guess the question is:

Is a standard wide-screen tv set up 1:85 or 2:35? if it's 1:85, then you are watching a 2:35 film, which would explain the bars at the top/bottom...

[Jim Cornell]

I have 3 multi disc players the one on the bottom of the rack doesnt work very well so its storage. I Tried the screen ratio, also progressive scan, the bars at the top and bottom of the screen stayed. No biggy.

Regards Jim

[DoubleJ]

Jim:

My brother just purchased a LCD display and in playing around, I found a ZOOM setting that filled in the black areas without distorting the image.

i.e everyone looking like oompa-loompas or Lurch (tall and skinny)

Not sure if every model or manufacturer has this feature.

JJ

[Jim Cornell]

I didnt find zoom on the pioneer remote, not a big deal, I did learn the widescreen ratio more than before. A full screen movie stretches the picture a tad, the widescreen ratio does not, even though the bars are on the screen, also progressive scan only works with widescreen movies, I learned that to. Regards Jim

[Arky]

I found a ZOOM setting that filled in the black areas without distorting the image.

Yes zoom is the word my plasma uses also. I picked up 2 32" LCD TV's last week for a lawyer buddy to use in his office lounge. The dish network remote has a format button that cycles through 4 aspect ratios.

[TNRabbit]

My Sony DVD player has a similar ZOOM function that will fill in the black bands...you lose a little bit from the sides, though.