Samsung forum: Samsung LN52A650 w/ Sony playstation 3 letterbox movie help!

I JUST bought a Samsung LNT4071F 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD, went to watch what was called a widescreen, enhanced for 16:9 movie on it through a dvd player. dvd player is set to 16:9, tv is on 16:9 and I am also getting the black bars on top and bottom.

maybe I did not understand this, but after watching 'widescreen' movins on my old standard tv that way I was assuming/thinking on my widescreen tv I would get a full screen, not the cutoff letterbox format.

I posted the same question on the main board then saw this thread. am I experiencing the same thing? if so, why would the movies state they are enhanced for 16:9 tv's? If I do Zoom 1 it fills the screen, but when I do I lose part of the picture and it looks distorted size wise a bit.

thoughts?

ps as a side note I LOVE my tv except now having confusion on this issue. would recommend samsung in a second. great tv

Samsung Guy and thie poster above are exactly correct. I get a lot of people in my store ask me this question. But you will still get black bars if the film was shot wider than a 16:9 ratio. Star Wars for example has HUGE bars because G. Lucas likes to shoot very wide. This being said, you will still see more of the picture on the widescreen TV than on a 4:3 TV even if both TVs have the bars. Some movies have em some dont. A movie is like a box of chocolates....oh nevermind.