Ok I completely understand what an Anomorphic DVD is and I understand OAR's. This is not going to be a "why is there black bars on my 16X9 TV" Question.
I do have a 16 X 9 TV. I have noticed that some of my Non-anamorphic DVD's behave in a different ways. For example when I play "Crimson Tide" or "Rounders" which both are non anamorphic they both respond to the TV like they were. In other words there are no Black bars on the sides of the screen. "Crimson Tide" plays like a normal 2:35 movie would with limited black bars at the top and bottom and "Rounders" plays with no black bars at all like a 1:85 movie should. I do not have to use any Zoom mode for this effect.
However when I watch a movie such as "Free Enterprise" which is non anamorphic as well it puts black bars on the sides and I have to use the TV's Zoom mode to view it as I would an anamorphic DVD.
Is there a term for this...I am really confused because I thought all non anamorphic DVD's would have black bars on the sides on a 16 x 9 set.
Thank you for any help.....
Mike
I do have a 16 X 9 TV. I have noticed that some of my Non-anamorphic DVD's behave in a different ways. For example when I play "Crimson Tide" or "Rounders" which both are non anamorphic they both respond to the TV like they were. In other words there are no Black bars on the sides of the screen. "Crimson Tide" plays like a normal 2:35 movie would with limited black bars at the top and bottom and "Rounders" plays with no black bars at all like a 1:85 movie should. I do not have to use any Zoom mode for this effect.
However when I watch a movie such as "Free Enterprise" which is non anamorphic as well it puts black bars on the sides and I have to use the TV's Zoom mode to view it as I would an anamorphic DVD.
Is there a term for this...I am really confused because I thought all non anamorphic DVD's would have black bars on the sides on a 16 x 9 set.
Thank you for any help.....
Mike