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Avoiding black bars on 2.35:1 movies on PC? |
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | Anyone know if there is a plugin for Powerdvd 7 or a standalone app that will stretch the image to fill the screen vertically? I hate watching a Cinemascope movie with 2 huge black bars, I'd rather stretch it as your eyes adapt after a short time anyway.
Nero's Showtime has a digital zoom feature that allows you to drag a box on the image and zoom to that which works perfectly, but as a DVD player I think its inferior to Powerdvd.
btw forgive me if the terminology on aspect artios is off, I'm not totally clued up (just a quick google search btw lol) |
| | Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | My head would 'splode before my eyes adjusted. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 775 |
| | Posted: | | | | PowerDVD has this, right-click, then select Aspect Ratio > Stretch to Fill the Screen. Although I agree with the good doctor's advice! You're going to get black bars at any rate with 2.35:1, even on an anamorphic image; unless you're watching some sort of cropped encode. Which you're presumably not, PowerDVD is less than ideal for that kind of purpose. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | All the new monitors and widescreen Tvs are 16x 9 in size (inches).. therefore the aspect ratio dividing 9 into 16= 1.78 or for every inch in width .78th of an inch high. . So films that have aspect ratios of 1.78:1 (anamorphic) will fill that screen naturally and without any distortion what so ever. If you use the zoom and blew it up more it will crop and cut off the heads and sides.. Now CinemaScope as you say, if you watched, is most always around 2.55:1 and there is no TV or monitor that can fill the screen without black bars on top and bottom. You could zoom in to fill but will immediately find the image disruptive on your senses.. I imagine your PC monitor is most likely 4.3:1 in shape and depending on your screen size (17/ 19" / 21" ?? ) these bars can be distracting., . but if you leave it for a while your eyes will adapt and you'll only be concentrating on the image and not the monitor borders.  | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry | | | | Last edited: by widescreenforever |
| | Registered: June 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sorry shoulda stated I'm using my TV as a monitor. Thanks for everyones feedback but no-one except Nadja are actually adressing my question. Nadja- Powerdvd's stretch function does not have this effect for me. It only has an effect at all when viewing 4:3 video (it stretches it horizontally). Uh just realised I didnt state that the bars were top and bottom either  Does powerdvd do this for you? | | | | Last edited: by MarEll |
| | Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, if your eyes adjust to the stretched image, why wouldn't they adjust to ignoring the black bars? Just the thought of filling the screen for the sole purpose of filling the screen makes my eye twitch. | | | | Last edited: by Dr. Killpatient |
| | Registered: June 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | Because thats the way I want to watch the film. To me it looks better that way, on this particular film at least. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 775 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm not sure what to tell you, it does it on mine.  The only thing I can think is that after you select the stretch function, try resizing the window, I seem to remember a previous version not refreshing the aspect until you do that. |
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