Rave: HD tv

[jim]

I have the X-box 360 with HD DVD player, and A playstation 3 for the Blu-ray. More Movie Choices in Blue-ray. 61 inch Samsung DLP 1080 HD tv and Direct TV Hd DVR. I can't stant to watch anything in non-HD any more. My wife is telling me I watch too much TV anyway.

I may need to take the day off next Tuesday when Halo 3 comes our for X-box 360. It will be sick on the 61 in HDTV.

Dirct TV is supposed to be adding a bunch of ne HD channels soon (actually any day now), but we still don't get the CW in HD, I NEED MY SMALLVILLE IN HD.

We have the Blu-ray player with the PS3 as well. The movies we have gotten on it - well I'm not impressed. For one it cuts the screen off on the top and bottom. Is this some setting we have wrong maybe?

[cardinalkarp]

I have the X-box 360 with HD DVD player, and A playstation 3 for the Blu-ray. More Movie Choices in Blue-ray. 61 inch Samsung DLP 1080 HD tv and Direct TV Hd DVR. I can't stant to watch anything in non-HD any more. My wife is telling me I watch too much TV anyway.

I may need to take the day off next Tuesday when Halo 3 comes our for X-box 360. It will be sick on the 61 in HDTV.

Dirct TV is supposed to be adding a bunch of ne HD channels soon (actually any day now), but we still don't get the CW in HD, I NEED MY SMALLVILLE IN HD.

We have the Blu-ray player with the PS3 as well. The movies we have gotten on it - well I'm not impressed. For one it cuts the screen off on the top and bottom. Is this some setting we have wrong maybe?

Sounds like you have the settings wrong. I don't have a PS3 so not sure how to direct you through it but it shouldn't be doing that. It sounds like its on a zoom mode or something.

[G. Keenan]

I have the X-box 360 with HD DVD player, and A playstation 3 for the Blu-ray. More Movie Choices in Blue-ray. 61 inch Samsung DLP 1080 HD tv and Direct TV Hd DVR. I can't stant to watch anything in non-HD any more. My wife is telling me I watch too much TV anyway.

I may need to take the day off next Tuesday when Halo 3 comes our for X-box 360. It will be sick on the 61 in HDTV.

Dirct TV is supposed to be adding a bunch of ne HD channels soon (actually any day now), but we still don't get the CW in HD, I NEED MY SMALLVILLE IN HD.

We have the Blu-ray player with the PS3 as well. The movies we have gotten on it - well I'm not impressed. For one it cuts the screen off on the top and bottom. Is this some setting we have wrong maybe?

Is your screen 16:9? Not all movies are shot in that. From what I've heard there have been a lot of problems with Blu Ray discs. Quite a few have been recalled because they weren't up to snuff. Also, what kind of cables do you have going from your player to your tv? They've gotta be either component or HDMI.

[jim]

I have the X-box 360 with HD DVD player, and A playstation 3 for the Blu-ray. More Movie Choices in Blue-ray. 61 inch Samsung DLP 1080 HD tv and Direct TV Hd DVR. I can't stant to watch anything in non-HD any more. My wife is telling me I watch too much TV anyway.

I may need to take the day off next Tuesday when Halo 3 comes our for X-box 360. It will be sick on the 61 in HDTV.

Dirct TV is supposed to be adding a bunch of ne HD channels soon (actually any day now), but we still don't get the CW in HD, I NEED MY SMALLVILLE IN HD.

We have the Blu-ray player with the PS3 as well. The movies we have gotten on it - well I'm not impressed. For one it cuts the screen off on the top and bottom. Is this some setting we have wrong maybe?

Is your screen 16:9? Not all movies are shot in that. From what I've heard there have been a lot of problems with Blu Ray discs. Quite a few have been recalled because they weren't up to snuff. Also, what kind of cables do you have going from your player to your tv? They've gotta be either component or HDMI.

Pretty sure it is, how do I tell for sure? We have HDMI running from the PS/3 to the TV.

We got Talladega Nights free with the PS3 so I'm assuming they put that in to show off the Blu Ray. Like I said, about all it did was chop the top and bottom of the screen off.

[cardinalkarp]

I have the X-box 360 with HD DVD player, and A playstation 3 for the Blu-ray. More Movie Choices in Blue-ray. 61 inch Samsung DLP 1080 HD tv and Direct TV Hd DVR. I can't stant to watch anything in non-HD any more. My wife is telling me I watch too much TV anyway.

I may need to take the day off next Tuesday when Halo 3 comes our for X-box 360. It will be sick on the 61 in HDTV.

Dirct TV is supposed to be adding a bunch of ne HD channels soon (actually any day now), but we still don't get the CW in HD, I NEED MY SMALLVILLE IN HD.

We have the Blu-ray player with the PS3 as well. The movies we have gotten on it - well I'm not impressed. For one it cuts the screen off on the top and bottom. Is this some setting we have wrong maybe?

Is your screen 16:9? Not all movies are shot in that. From what I've heard there have been a lot of problems with Blu Ray discs. Quite a few have been recalled because they weren't up to snuff. Also, what kind of cables do you have going from your player to your tv? They've gotta be either component or HDMI.

Pretty sure it is, how do I tell for sure? We have HDMI running from the PS/3 to the TV.

We got Talladega Nights free with the PS3 so I'm assuming they put that in to show off the Blu Ray. Like I said, about all it did was chop the top and bottom of the screen off.

Like I said, it sounds like a setting is off. My tv has a zoom mode (which sounds like whats happening w/ yours) which allows you to get rid of the black bars (letterbox) on the dvd's if you'd like. It seems like your tv is doing that but there's no need since the dvd is already in fullscreen HD format.

This is just a guess on my part though.

[jim]

Probably is a setting. TV's are complicated now.

[wart57]

I have the X-box 360 with HD DVD player, and A playstation 3 for the Blu-ray. More Movie Choices in Blue-ray. 61 inch Samsung DLP 1080 HD tv and Direct TV Hd DVR. I can't stant to watch anything in non-HD any more. My wife is telling me I watch too much TV anyway.

I may need to take the day off next Tuesday when Halo 3 comes our for X-box 360. It will be sick on the 61 in HDTV.

Dirct TV is supposed to be adding a bunch of ne HD channels soon (actually any day now), but we still don't get the CW in HD, I NEED MY SMALLVILLE IN HD.

Can I come over and play at your house?

You know he's lying. His wife doesn't let him play w/ that kinda stuff.

I said I have it, I didn't day I get to play with them. They are just dust collectors right now....

[Fat_Bulldog]

I have the X-box 360 with HD DVD player, and A playstation 3 for the Blu-ray. More Movie Choices in Blue-ray. 61 inch Samsung DLP 1080 HD tv and Direct TV Hd DVR. I can't stant to watch anything in non-HD any more. My wife is telling me I watch too much TV anyway.

I may need to take the day off next Tuesday when Halo 3 comes our for X-box 360. It will be sick on the 61 in HDTV.

Dirct TV is supposed to be adding a bunch of ne HD channels soon (actually any day now), but we still don't get the CW in HD, I NEED MY SMALLVILLE IN HD.

Can I come over and play at your house?

You know he's lying. His wife doesn't let him play w/ that kinda stuff.

Good point. wart, just send that stuff to me, I have my wife trained, I can do stuff still.

Address:
1 Fat Drive
Bulldogsville, MO 69er

[wart57]

I have the X-box 360 with HD DVD player, and A playstation 3 for the Blu-ray. More Movie Choices in Blue-ray. 61 inch Samsung DLP 1080 HD tv and Direct TV Hd DVR. I can't stant to watch anything in non-HD any more. My wife is telling me I watch too much TV anyway.

I may need to take the day off next Tuesday when Halo 3 comes our for X-box 360. It will be sick on the 61 in HDTV.

Dirct TV is supposed to be adding a bunch of ne HD channels soon (actually any day now), but we still don't get the CW in HD, I NEED MY SMALLVILLE IN HD.

Can I come over and play at your house?

You know he's lying. His wife doesn't let him play w/ that kinda stuff.

Good point. wart, just send that stuff to me, I have my wife trained, I can do stuff still.

Address:
1 Fat Drive
Bulldogsville, MO 69er

Actually my wife does let me watch movies, like The Notebook and The Lakehouse, so I won't be able to send them to you.

[clevername]

you can use zoom to help get rid of the bars but I think you lose some of the sides when you do that on some displays; on others it stretches the image to fill the entire screen and you can get image quality problems from that.

The entire thing comes down to most movies being filmed in 2.35:1 while our TVs are 16x9, which is 1.77:1. We're bound to the bars if you want a pure image until they make 2.35:1 displays (if ever). You can remedy this with anamorphic lenses with projectors, but it's a whole other expense to set up.