i have a bunch of blu-ray movies on my hard drive, and the one i want to watch most is planet earth. but with planet earth and all of the other movies, (kung fu panda, avatar, band of brothers, etc.) play in letterbox format. why is this happening? they should fill up the tv since it's a widescreen. i have a samsung 58'''''' widescreen tv. hd channels from direct tv come in just fine and fill up the whole screen.

has anybody had this problem? file formats are mkv, and mt2s

thanks


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the widescreen standard for films is not the same as the widescreen standard for televisions.

for example, some movies have an aspect ratio of 2.35:1

letterbox viewing is required in order to retain the aspect ratio on a 16:9 tv.


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