Thread: Why do I still have black bars with a widescreen TV?
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Old 07-24-2007, 04:59 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by BrianO View Post
Rbinck is not confused. 1.85:1 only fills your 16:9 screen because of the overscan built into your TV. That overscan will also cause your 1.78:1 images to be clipped around the edges rather than fit the screen exactly.

On a 16:9 TV with no overscan, 1.85:1 movies will exhibit thin black bars.
i have no thin black bars on 1.85 movies....so i assume my tv has overscan?
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