How big are the black bars?  Some movies are filmed or on disk at a different ratio than 16:9 (which 1080p is).  1.85 is the standard used by most movies the US and that will still have bars on a 16:9 TV/monitor

" How big are the black bars?  Some movies are filmed or on disk at a different ratio than 16:9 (which 1080p is).  1.85 is the standard used by most movies the US and that will still have bars on a 16:9 TV/monitor "

" How big are the black bars?  Some movies are filmed or on disk at a different ratio than 16:9 (which 1080p is).  1.85 is the standard used by most movies the US and that will still have bars on a 16:9 TV/monitor "

" @Diamond said:

" How big are the black bars?  Some movies are filmed or on disk at a different ratio than 16:9 (which 1080p is).  1.85 is the standard used by most movies the US and that will still have bars on a 16:9 TV/monitor "

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they are big and come from the sides not the top and bottom

@Diamond said:

" @BD_Mr_Bubbles said:

they are big and come from the sides not the top and bottom

Hmmm, and you're sure your PS3 is set to output in 1080p?  What specific movie are you trying?  I only have 1 bluray movie (bought to see how it worked) and the bonus disk is in 4:3 and SD resolution because it has like 20 hours of video. "

"Sounds like it's the way it's supposed to be with Wizard of Oz.  It's the movie. "

Thanks, I feel stupid, so I guess when I say this on display at walmart they used screen stretch to get it to fit?

All Blu-ray discs are presented in the original aspect ratio when pressed. 16:9 will fill your screen completely, 4:3 will have black bars on the the left and right, and every other aspect ratio will have black bars at the top and bottom. I could get into it in technical terms, but I think this should be easy enough to understand.

"All Blu-ray discs are presented in the original aspect ratio when pressed. 16:9 will fill your screen completely, 4:3 will have black bars on the the left and right, and every other aspect ratio will have black bars at the top and bottom. I could get into it in technical terms, but I think this should be easy enough to understand. "

Film is shot at over 4k resolution; hence why they are able to make these 1080p Blu-Rays from the masters.  And its not a lot of the time, its all the time if its shot on film and not shot digitally.
 
4:3 ratio is 1.33:1
16:9 is 1.78:1
 
Bars on the left and right is called PILLAR BOXING and top and bottom is LETTER BOXING.