why do widescreen movies have black bars on a widescreen moniter?
453510
Widescreen TVs are 16x9, but some movies are shot even wider than that.  Many are in anamorphic widescreen, which is beyond that of a 16x9 set.\n\nNot all movies are equal.  Check this out:  http://www.dvdaust.com/aspect.htm
499974
try getting the latest drivers and lok on the nvidia website at http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html \n       there are loads of links to technical helplines and it would be a good idea to go to the viewsonic site at http://www.viewsonic.com/ for info avout your new purchase\n      as your graphics are intergrated it might be retricted to certain resolutions,and also because your tft is a widescreen may be a added problem\n      try right clicking and go to "nvidia display"then in the nvidia control interface try experimenting with the monitor settings as when i use to have a nvidia card i allways changed my resolution this way and not in display properties(you find you can get higher resolution in the nvidia control panel)\n      good luck
511889
One reason is that windows may think you have monitor that cannot handel higher resoputions.  You nee to be more specific about ur prob to detemine how u try and change the display and what happens when u try it.
1075600
When you watch any type of movie or video file in full screen, the player will scale the native resolution of the video to fit the entire screen. By "blowing up" the size of the picture it becomes more blurry and pixelated, which is abolutely normal. There is nothing you can do about that and there is no video player software that will not behave the same way. \n\nEither watch the movie at its native resolution or move a few feet away from the monitor when you want to see it in full screen.
101979
This is how films are recorded, they all are made this way and then modified to fit youir screen, but more commonly you will see less and less modification and anything less than high a def TV will be obsolete.  Sooner or later even all cable will be broadcasted this way and without a high def TV you will see the annoying black bars accross the screen. I hope this anwers your question
198717
all the people that have answered are ruining their screens! most newer monitors have an anti glare coating from the factory and widex can pit or eat through it alcohol is also too strong. use a wipe made by dust off the people that make canned air for cleaning screens especially laptops.
396786
No. If it's a CRT then black screens are good only for maintaining it;s lifetime. Other range of colours affect th eluminosity more rapidly. This was the reason for the initial screensaver (which was a blank screen, nothing else).\nNow in case it's not a CRT this is not a problem, neither it will comsume less power...
783619
More than likely it's because the video is NTSC encoded and your video card will be set up for PAL.  It usually makes things black and white and hazy.\n\nGet a video converter such as AVS video tools and convert it to PAL.  This should work but will take a while depending on your processor speed.
588542
Widescreen is the theatrical format for watching video. Unless you're really into DVD watching on you PC, or really need the extra monitor space, it would be cheaper to but a normal 4:3 aspect ratio monitor. Note: you will still be able to view the widescreen format, but it will appear as a band of video across the screen instead of using the whole screen.
391774
it is a lose conetion in your moniter cable it is the same as mine u just need to fiddle with the cable
942162
Video conversion is highly CPU dependent. So if your CPU isn't fast enough, that may be the problem. It could also be a slow hard drive.
732591
Try adjusting your display settings in Control Panel.
563241
Two things you could do:\n\n1) Get a better Codec Pack, or some video enhancement software. Check out K.Lite Codec Packs...\n\nor\n\n2) Sit further away from the monitor while watching video.\n\n:)
651251
I've noticed the same thing! It's rediculous! No computer does that. I also hate when someone gets a virus in a movie and the screen suddenly goes black and says you have a virus. It just doesn't happen in real life.
94415
You should already use the whole screen.Try using F11.\n\nEDIT: Increase the resolution or if it appears black on each side mess with the settings like where the power button is. The setting would have something to do the the Horizontal Position.
318948
Probbally cause you dont have the correct video codec to play them. try using the codecs from the link below.\n\nhttp://www.free-codecs.com/K_Lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm
1136875
This happens when you use a smaller resolution than the native one. Try setting your screen to a larger resolution to see if it helps. You can also check your bios settings to see if you can emulate a large screen all the time(my laptop calls it "expand screen")