As I explained in my Why Don't the Black Bars Go Away? article, the letterbox bars are there to preserve the viewing experience that the director of the film intended. Not to be rude about it, but I suggest that you learn to overcome your phobia about the black bars. Of those that I've personally used, I can verify that the OPPO BDP-83 does offer this function. So my question is can this be resolved with a Blu-ray player with a zoom function? If so could you recommend a model? I use a PS3 as my Blu-ray player.Ī: Some Blu-ray players have zoom functions, and others don't. But with the new TV, the only way I can do this is to stretch the picture, which for me is unwatchable. When I watched Blu-rays on the Panasonic, I was able to zoom in to remove black borders without stretching the picture. Q: I have just upgraded my TV from a Panasonic Plasma TH-50PZ0B to a If you plan to perform this color upsampling in the Blu-ray player, both the player and the TV must support the higher color depth, as must any intermediary device in between, such as your A/V receiver. Upsampling the color channel on a video signal is not the same as having true Deep Color in the source, but may or may not have similar results. The point of extended color depth is to eliminate the banding artifacts found on some video content (even Blu-rays at times).

Your TV may do this for you anyway, if the Blu-ray player doesn't. Any Blu-ray player that claims to output Deep Color or x.v.Color will simply upsample the color channel on the disc. Although some newer HDTVs support the display of more colors, those extra colors are not contained on the Blu-ray disc. Blu-ray discs are encoded with 8-bit color, the same as DVD. Is that true? Will we ever see discs made this way? If we did, would it make the picture look that much better?Ī: The Blu-ray format does not support Deep Color or other forms of extended color bit depth (such as x.v.Color). I was told they don't even make Blu-ray disc at 36-bit. Q: Can you explain what they mean by Deep Color and 36-bit playback for Blu-rays? I have a Pioneer Elite plasma TV and a Panasonic Blu-ray player that also output these features, along with HDMI 1.3 cable and Marantz 8002 receiver hooked up for 5.1 surround sound. To browse through previously answered questions, visit the main HD Advisor page. If you've already sent a question and don't see it answered yet, please be patient as we work our way through them. If you have home theater questions you need answered, send an email to Editor's Note: Each Friday, High-Def Digest's own HD Advisor will answer a new round of questions from our readers.

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