Please Help! How do I get letterbox off blue ray?

I have an HDTV, and just bought a PS3. I put Spiderman 3 (blue-ray) in and it gives me those two stupid black lines on the top and bottom. I have tried every setting i can think of to get it off. Called Sony and they were no help. I thought that since it's a movie in HD and I have an HD tv, that I wouldn't have the letterbox crap! If anybody could tell me how to get that in full screen please help me. I bought a 52" tv to watch all 52" in HD. Please help.

I think what it is, is that the actual movie is Theater style which is even wider screened than 16:9 which stil requires some letter boxing even on HDtv's.

Don't quote me on that though.

yep.....that's the way it's supposed to look. If you had 4:3 tv then those black bars would be even bigger. It's just the aspect ratio.....the director's vision.

Read this......http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/764

I'm sure it will explain a lot for you.

Here's a little more in-depth discussion that explains what others on here have touched on.

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=3795

some movies have a wider than 16:9 ratio... theres nothign you can do about it... just get used to it man... regular dvds did this too havent you ever noticed them too? ajefferism

Not if he always got the non-widescreen version of dvds. Me, I've always gotten the widescreen version when available, and don't mind a little black at the top and bottom to ensure i'm seeing the complete picture.

I have an HDTV, and just bought a PS3. I put Spiderman 3 (blue-ray) in and it gives me those two stupid black lines on the top and bottom. I have tried every setting i can think of to get it off. Called Sony and they were no help. I thought that since it's a movie in HD and I have an HD tv, that I wouldn't have the letterbox crap! If anybody could tell me how to get that in full screen please help me. I bought a 52" tv to watch all 52" in HD. Please help.

skelly7483

Thanks i'll try that.skelly7483

Blu-Ray is always in the original aspect ration the movie was shot it! if you want to change it then use your tv remote to fill the screen but you'll start to degrade the picture quality! and it Blu-Ray not Blue-Rayfreediro

I have an HDTV, and just bought a PS3. I put Spiderman 3 (blue-ray) in and it gives me those two stupid black lines on the top and bottom. I have tried every setting i can think of to get it off. Called Sony and they were no help. I thought that since it's a movie in HD and I have an HD tv, that I wouldn't have the letterbox crap! If anybody could tell me how to get that in full screen please help me. I bought a 52" tv to watch all 52" in HD. Please help.

skelly7483

It's not the PS3, it's the movie. The movie is making the letterbox effect. In my opinion, it looks better anyway. It makes it feel more theatrical with the letterbox than without it.

The letterboxes aren't even that big so you shouldn't really be complaining.