I made the upgrade to a plasma TV about a year ago and now when I'm watching DVD movies I have a choice - Full Screen with bars at either side - Wide Screen with bars at top and bottom, or if you're occasionaly lucky something that is actually in 16:9 ratio.
Tried watching some rented BD using one of the kids PS3 and the picture is awsome but.....with BD everything that I have found locally is in widescreen format so that I have the bars at the top and bottom.
If I could reasonably obtain BD material in a 16:9 ratio "HDTV Full Screen" then I would be heading out to get myself a nice shiny new BD player and some movies. Until then, if I have to settle for the bars I'll also settle for just using DVD.
I'm not saying that the format isn't available, it just isn't available where I live.
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Tried watching some rented BD using one of the kids PS3 and the picture is awsome but.....with BD everything that I have found locally is in widescreen format so that I have the bars at the top and bottom.
If I could reasonably obtain BD material in a 16:9 ratio "HDTV Full Screen" then I would be heading out to get myself a nice shiny new BD player and some movies. Until then, if I have to settle for the bars I'll also settle for just using DVD.
I'm not saying that the format isn't available, it just isn't available where I live.
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