Blu Ray HELP!! Why is it WIDESCREEN!

Those movies are suppose to have black bars even with a widescreen tv. They were shot in a 2.4-1 ratio which most action flicks are. Widescreen movies that take up the whole screen on a widescreen tv are shot in 1.85 to 1 ratio. Animated films comedies and dramas are usually produced at this ratio.crck

Those movies are suppose to have black bars even with a widescreen tv. They were shot in a 2.4-1 ratio which most action flicks are. Widescreen movies that take up the whole screen on a widescreen tv are shot in 1.85 to 1 ratio. Animated films comedies and dramas are usually produced at this ratio.crck

I dont know about Click you'll have to check the back of the case. It will tell you the screen ratio there. Ice Age Meltdown for example is presented in 1.85 to 1 ratio so it fills the whole screen.crck

[QUOTE="crck"]I dont know about Click you'll have to check the back of the case. It will tell you the screen ratio there. Ice Age Meltdown for example is presented in 1.85 to 1 ratio so it fills the whole screen.Ahammer80

My guess is that when you turned off 1080i it began playing your Blu-ray discs in 480P and that somehow kicks in some framing values from the disc to play at full-screen, cutting off some of the information. Remember, the PS3 doesn't play Blu-ray at 720P, only 1080P, 1080i, 480P and 480i. Like DVD, movies could always be encoded with framing information, though most DVD manufacturers chose to release either full-screen/widescreen flippers or seperate full-screen versions rather than the arduous coding of alternate framing in the MPEG2 video stream. It seems odd, however, that it doesn't just draw the black bars no matter what resolution is chosen like with 2.40:1 DVDs.

All Blu-ray software is widescreen because 1080P is a widescreen format, 1.78:1 (though 1.85:1 will also fill your screen). In the future there may be some non-widescreen content (like TV shows) but this will most likely be recorded with black bars to the left and right. As other posters have mentioned, check the back of the Blu-ray case. Any movie with an aspect ratio greater than 1.85:1 will display with top and bottom black bars to correctly frame the image.

With your current setup you should leave 1080i checked (along with 720P) to ensure movies and 1080P games play properly at 1080i. You mention you have a Samsung DLP which may have setup options designed to eliminate bars when at 480P so you might have to check that if you don't switch back to 1080i but want to get the full visual (i.e. widescreen).

blu-ray movies are only encoded at 1080p, but support 1080i. they will not downscale to 720p. therefore, if you disable 1080i in your ps3 settings, it will play in 480p, which is why it played in 4:3 with black bars. in HD resolutions (720p+) you cannot use 4:3 mode, only 16:9.rahzel54

[QUOTE="rahzel54"]blu-ray movies are only encoded at 1080p, but support 1080i. they will not downscale to 720p. therefore, if you disable 1080i in your ps3 settings, it will play in 480p, which is why it played in 4:3 with black bars. in HD resolutions (720p+) you cannot use 4:3 mode, only 16:9.squirrelgrrrl84

Recently I just bought SuperMan Returns and Black hawk down on bluray, Both movies are in the widescreen format with the black bars on the top and bottom when I play them in 1080i. However when I set my PS3 to 720p, it plays these movies in full screen. Why is that? Is it because my TV isnt 1080P? I have the 50 Inch DLP Samsung tv. It does 720p/1080i. Does it do the same thing for 1080p or can you view it in full screen at 1080p? And also, which looks better for blu ray movies between 1080i and 720p. I know the ideal resolution is 1080p, but what if my TV only supports 720p/1080i, which is better?Ahammer80

yeah a common misconception is that alll widescreen dvd etc are good for widescreen hdtvs.  However true theater widescreen is actually wider than the standard widescreen hdtv.

Now if you have a regular widescreen dvd  (1.4:1??)  you should be fine.  However with any format you should have a hdtv remote or options to stretch, zoom, sidebar, or make the video full screen. 

[QUOTE="squirrelgrrrl84"][QUOTE="rahzel54"]blu-ray movies are only encoded at 1080p, but support 1080i. they will not downscale to 720p. therefore, if you disable 1080i in your ps3 settings, it will play in 480p, which is why it played in 4:3 with black bars. in HD resolutions (720p+) you cannot use 4:3 mode, only 16:9.bdhoff

[QUOTE="rahzel54"]blu-ray movies are only encoded at 1080p, but support 1080i. they will not downscale to 720p. therefore, if you disable 1080i in your ps3 settings, it will play in 480p, which is why it played in 4:3 with black bars. in HD resolutions (720p+) you cannot use 4:3 mode, only 16:9.squirrelgrrrl84