Widescreen TV Black Lines Problem

divadee

I dont know if it is me being thick, but i have had a 28inch widescreen tv for a while now and when i bought it i always assumed that when you watched a film that was made in widescreen you wouldnt have the black lines at the top or bottom.

Have i just got it set up incorrectly or is this the way it should be? If it is the way they should be whats the point in having a widescreen tv ??? :-/

irnbru_2

I dont know if it is me being thick, but i have had a 28inch widescreen tv for a while now and when i bought it i always assumed that when you watched a film that was made in widescreen you wouldnt have the black lines at the top or bottom.

Widescreen comes in 2 main formats 1.85:1 (~16:9) and 2.35:1

What you're probably viewing is a 2.35:1 ratio film which will display in letterbox format on a widescreen TV.

If the source is a DVD or Video, check the box as it usually states the format there.

HTH

D.A.

And if it's a DVD, it's possible that your DVD player is set up to output the wrong format (it'll be buried in the Setup somewhere).

Likewise for Sky.

divadee

thanks for the help gonna go and check out the setup on my DVD.

What about films and such that are on tv, they always have the lines as well ??? is that normal ?

irnbru_2

What about films and such that are on tv, they always have the lines as well ??? is that normal ?

If they're cinemascope that should be 2.35:1 - so black lines on widescreen. Otherwise, they'ld be 1.85:1 so should fill the widescreen.

Whats the make and model of the TV?

divadee

its a jvc model no is... AV-28R250EKS

irnbru_2

its a jvc model no is... AV-28R250EKS

Hmm ... couldn't find it and the closest I got was AV-28R4S.

Without knowing what you've got connected, I'd start from scratch.

1 .... disconnect everything from the TV.
2 .... connect your DVD player to the TV - via SCART?
3 .... find a 1.85:1 or 16:9 widescreen DVD.
4 .... play it - does it fill the whole screen?
Yes - then you have no problem ;-)
No - either the DVD player isn't sending a wide-screen signal or
the TV's ignoring it. (based on the manual for the TV I found)

Did it work?

If not - whats the DVD player?

BTW - does the TV remote have a zoom button? Try this too.

divadee

i have got a zoom button just found it :-[ and i can zoom to 16:9 on it, and that gets rid of the black lines ;D

i used little miss divadees new harry potter one, did change the dvd setup as had it on 4:3 originally (doh!)

thank you so much for the help hun, i have had this tv about 3 years now and it has been bugging me for ages. Also as a bonus extra i have now got my surround sound set up properly which i never did have before. so when i watched armageddon it was amazing sound.

big christmas :-* for you