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2014-04-10, 22:58
(This post was last modified: 2014-04-10, 23:00 by Solidify.)
Hey guys.
I download plenty of high definition films from torrent websites but no matter what I try, when playing them back on my TV, they always play as the annoying letterbox format. I know that this has to do with aspect ratios and trying to get a rectangular or wide film to display on a TV with a narrower frame. But I don't know much else besides that.
This is my Samsung TV's model: LN40D551K8FXZC
Can this be corrected or there's no work-around, without distorting the image? Do I simply need to download films that are listed with a specific aspect ratio?
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks.
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2014-04-10, 23:07
(This post was last modified: 2014-04-10, 23:47 by prawnee.)
Aspect ratios are normally an artistic choice made by the film makers, why you would want to change that is beyond me but *sigh* have you tried the zoom function on your TV?
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Yes, that's typically how shapes work...
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I don't appreciate being spoken to in a condesending tone. A simple "yes, that's right" would have sufficed.
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nickr
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Well think about it. For a 21:9 movie to play fullscreen on a 16:9 screen you have 2 choices:
1. stretch it vertically and make everyone look taller and skinnier than they are (wrong); or
2. cut the left and right edges off and keep the aspect ratio. Then you miss the edges of the movie (wrong).
The director intended you to watch it 21:9, leave it at that and get the black bands at top and bottom.
Or get 21:9 TV :-)
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Converting aspect ratios to Full Screen from the original aspect ratio is done by the studios and is not easily achieved unless you have some video editing software that can Pan-and-Scan (yuck) or just chop the sides to maintain proportions.
My recommendation is to watch the content, in it's originally filmed aspect ratio, I think you will come to appreciate the directors vision, especially in movies like Lord of the Rings & Star Wars, shot in 2.35 to 1, which give you a more theater feel or if I can use the word, epic feel.
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All these posts to say that it's essentially out of my reach and recommended to be viewed as such. Thanks.
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davilla
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distort or clip, those are your only choices.
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Non-linear stretch has all the film, but still has some distortion towards the edges of the frame. I notice this feature in the video OSD, but haven't managed to make it work for me yet.
