Why is it that my widescreen movies have the top and bottom bars when I have a widescreen TV?

I can't seem to get my new LG Plasma 42" widescreen TV to use the whole screen on widescreen format movies. I am using my PS2 to play the movies, and have messed with the aspect settings on both the TV and the PS2, and no matter what I do the movies...

I bought a widescreen 16:9 TV thinking that when I played widescreen DVD movies, it would fill the entire screen and show the movie in correct format (not being stretched). I have my DVD player set on 16:9. The picture is not stretched, but I still get...

I own a 42 inch plasma, some of widescreen dvd movies still show black bars on top and bottom. My plasma manual stated that i cannot display movies/programs with black bars for long period of time since it could leave permanent marks on my tv. I can...

I just recently bought a 37 inch widescreen tv. Before that whenever i watched a widescreen dvd movie i would have the black bars on the top and bottom. This seemed fine because the widescreen vision would not fit with the regular T.V.. Now when I watch...

I sometimes rent and watch widescreen movies on my widescreen tv and i was wondering why wont the black bars go away. If you have a widescreen tv, shouldn't that take away the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. The picture always looks smashed...

i hate widescreen. i zoom in on my blue ray player to get rid of the black top and bottom bars on the screen. i have an HD TV and a blue ray player. the fact that widescreen is so liked makes it still exist. i like seeing a full frame i don't care if...

I have a 60" pioneer 1080p plasma brand new last November with a blu-ray player also pioneer. So it shouldn't be a hardware issue. I thought the whole idea of a wide screen tv was to eliminate the black bars on the top and bottom during a widescreen...

I hate that some movies are widescreen. It is so annoying to have those black bars on the top and bottom. Because of those bars doesnt that mean I am not getting 1920x1080 lines of picture? Some movies are full screen and look incredible. Ive read around...

I have several Blu ray movies to go with my widescreen HD TV, but one thing I hate about the movies is the fact that most of them have annoying black bars on the top and bottom of the movie. I want the movie to fill the entire TV, is this possible in...