William Lee
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Some people might find this objectionable, but if I'm watching a film from the days before widescreen, something in 1.33 or 4:3 that is not known for its composition quality, I set my PS3 BD/DVD upscaler to "fullscreen" rather than "normal," so it will slightly blow up the frame to fill the screen without stretching the image as other players do when they take a 1.33:1 or 4:3 aspect ratio and stretch it to fill the screen.
The original "Star Trek" TV show is one I would prefer blown up rather than in its original aspect ratio because while it's an awesome show, I don't watch it for the artistic compositions (just an opinion). I just bought the season 1 blu-ray set, and was surprised to find that the PS3 doesn't upscale the image. With the same upscaler settings used for other movies I get a full screen, with a little bit cropped around the edges but no stretching. With the "Star Trek" blu-ray set, I get the image in 4:3 or 1.33:1 (whichever it is), with the bars on the side, no matter how I fiddle with it. (It will stretch it in the television's "wide" mode.) I'm using a Pioneer Kuro 50" but I don't think it matters (I've checked all the options on the Pioneer remote aspect ratio button). My only guess as to why the upscaler won't work with this particular set is that it's blu-ray and not DVD. The reason I think so is this is the only non-widescreen movie on Blu-ray that I've ever looked at, so I'm reasoning that the quality of the Blu-ray somehow inhibits the PS3 from upscaling it as it does lesser DVDs. But then the disc and the player are both Sony products so that answer would be confusing. Just wondering if anyone has an opinion as to why it doesn't work. A solution would be even better but I don't think there is one. Thanks!
The original "Star Trek" TV show is one I would prefer blown up rather than in its original aspect ratio because while it's an awesome show, I don't watch it for the artistic compositions (just an opinion). I just bought the season 1 blu-ray set, and was surprised to find that the PS3 doesn't upscale the image. With the same upscaler settings used for other movies I get a full screen, with a little bit cropped around the edges but no stretching. With the "Star Trek" blu-ray set, I get the image in 4:3 or 1.33:1 (whichever it is), with the bars on the side, no matter how I fiddle with it. (It will stretch it in the television's "wide" mode.) I'm using a Pioneer Kuro 50" but I don't think it matters (I've checked all the options on the Pioneer remote aspect ratio button). My only guess as to why the upscaler won't work with this particular set is that it's blu-ray and not DVD. The reason I think so is this is the only non-widescreen movie on Blu-ray that I've ever looked at, so I'm reasoning that the quality of the Blu-ray somehow inhibits the PS3 from upscaling it as it does lesser DVDs. But then the disc and the player are both Sony products so that answer would be confusing. Just wondering if anyone has an opinion as to why it doesn't work. A solution would be even better but I don't think there is one. Thanks!