Page 1 of Letterbox on Scan and matrix pain

Scan DVD player with matrix...

Is there any way I can get rid of the black Letterbox around the matrix (also blade) I have tried the 3 settings in the Scan options with no luck - is this a tv thing cause it takes up a fair chuink of the TV ?

The Matrix has an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, so it SHOULD have black bars at top and bottom (even on pan & scan) - if it didn`t you would only get about a third of the picture. A widescreen telly helps, but I don`t know of any which are 2.35:1!

See http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#3.5

for more info than you probably need ...

Voles

I have a wide screen sony trinatron... you can zoom the picture in to remove the black bars... although the picture quality degrades slightly...

You could use the Zoom function of the Scan player as well.

The zoom function on the SCAN is too severe for this purpose I believe - you want some picture left surely?

Voles

Could another scan owner please check the Tv aspect settings on their machine as I believe mine are mixed up (ie 16:9 wide setting gives a pan & Scan picture on my non widescreen t.v) The settings on my machine read from top to bottom:
4:3 PS
4:3 LB
16:9 WIDE

Thanks

Do not use the 16:9 setting, that is for wide tellys only. Pan and scan has never worked for me - has to be programmed on the DVD I believe. Use 4:3 LB.

Voles

It has in fact to be programmed in the DVD. Unfortunately the movie makers don`t do that often.
If you have a 2:35 movie, and therefore wide black bands, I think that the zoom function is fine (at the X2 setting) because it will be close to fit eh imag in width. It means that you`ll loose of course pictures from the sides, but not from the height.
Whatever you do anyway you`ll have to loose some bit of pictures, unless you want to stretch it, therefore loosing the aspect ratio.