Letterboxing

[jlts1]

I ripped a DVD to my hard drive and played it using Power DVD.

Why is it playing back letterboxed on all sides, on my wide screen Samsung 64 inch TV.

I tried to change the aspect ration in Power DVD but was unable to change it.

 

[Adbear]

What film is it? Is it a 4x3 letterboxed disc?

 

[jlts1]

Leterboxing

Well, as it turns out I think its NOT a function of the DVD rip itself but one of my PC's video card.

I played back the original DVD on my PC (The Hereafter with Matt Damon) and experienced the exact same result.

If I play it on my stand alone SOny DVD player it's letterboxed, but not very ver much. If I play it on my PC hen the letterbox is much greater.

My PC's video card is set at 1920 x 1080.

Could that be the issue?

 

[profcolli]

Well, as it turns out I think its NOT a function of the DVD rip itself but one of my PC's video card.

I played back the original DVD on my PC (The Hereafter with Matt Damon) and experienced the exact same result.

If I play it on my stand alone SOny DVD player it's letterboxed, but not very ver much. If I play it on my PC hen the letterbox is much greater.

My PC's video card is set at 1920 x 1080.

Could that be the issue?

Check that your PC player is set to Auto or Original or Source (or something similar) for the playback aspect ratio and the same for your TV - you seem to have a setting on one or the other which is conflicting and producing the "double letterbox" effect.