issue with ln-t4665f and philips dvp5992 dvd player

i have set the DVD player to output 1080p. i had a setting called Auto as well and i changed it to 1080p. even then, the effect is the same. forbidden kingdom DVD is not filling up the screen. pressing Info on samsung remote says that the resolution is 1920*1080p

i tried upgrading the DVD player to latest firmware with no effect.

is there any way to see more info about video being displayed on the samsung TV?

When you say filling the screen, are you asking about the black bars that may be present on the top and bottom of the screen?

--HDTech

yes the black bars. i am thinking the upconverting DVD player will fill the screen with 1920*1080p picture without the black bars.

vramanx,

Well, yes and no. The panel itself is the correct resolution. The movie showing is shown in that resolution.

The black bars you see are a result of aspect ratio, not resolution.

It's showing the picture in the original format that it was recorded.

Aspect ratios can vary, and there are several flavors of "widescreen". When it is transferred over, often times movie producers want to keep their "canvas" unmutilated by editing.

Here's an example of a few different flavors:
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp60/samsung_hd_tech/AspectRatiosWidescreen.jpg

The directors of the movies essentially decide how their movie is going to be recorded. What you're seeing is the representation of that. Most of the time, they use the Academy Standard. Naturally, the shape of Panavision and Cinemascope is wider than a "widescreen" television. But that's why it's not filling up the screen.

Instead of cutting off the sides of the film, the only way to view the film the way it was recorded was to include those black bars.

Does this help explain? Your DVD player IS playing them the way they were recorded.

You likely have the option to stretch; many people don't like that, or zoom and fill the screen; however, doing so will either cut off the sides.

--HDTech

what is the use of upconverting DVD player then?

The upconverting DVD player will take the DVD (480 lines of resolution) and upconvert it. This process, in laymans terms, stretches the picture to a 720 or 1080 resolution, and then digitally fills in the picture between the existing lines of resolution. It will then send that picture out to the television to process the picture and in most cases, drastically improve the picture.

So basically, all of your DVDs in 480 resolution can look better on a HDTV set.

--HDTech