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Aspect ratio question.
I'm having a difficult time with about 3 DVD's that I have purchased. The one I will ask about is the widescreen version of Armageddon ((the other two are Dirty dancing and Days of thunder)although the new, remastered version of Dirty Dancing does display correctly). When playing this movie on my widescreen tv (16:9) it starts in the 4:3 aspect ratio with black borders on all four sides. When I select wide screen on my tv, the side borders dissapear, but the images are streched from right to left making everyone look wider than reality. All other widescreen DVD's fill the screen from right to left and may have black borders on the top and bottom (depending on the filmed ratio),but they don't stretch the image. But this movie and the two other dvd's I am reffering to, do not fill the entire screen from right to left without stretching the image. I've tried zooming, changing the settings on my tv and DVD player and for some reason on these 3 movies, the only way to watch them without any distortion on my wide screen tv is to set the tv to 4:3 and watch it with borders along all 4 sides. Thus making my 16:9 tv into a full screen tv, and not able to use the entire screen area to view the movie. Anyone have an explaination as to why this is? BTW, I am using an HDMI cable from my up converting DVD player to my widescreen tv.
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