how do i watch movie in wide screen?

[JoonKimDDS]

My kill bill vol.1 DVD says
"wide screen(2.35:1) - enhanced for 16 x 9 television.

So i guess this means it supports widescreen.

I put dvd in my xbox360 and play it and then it doesn't show me with
widescreen. I still see left and right side of the screen in black meaning
that even though i have 16:9 HDTV, it still shows this movie in 4:3 format.

If I go to TV option of my TV, it has wide zoom, normal, full, and zoom, but these only stratches everything instead of showing extra stuffs that were not visible from 4:3 TV.

i use component cable, 1080i when I play xbox 360 games. that's How I set it up.

Is there something I should change?

Whenever I play games, they are all widescreen.
But if I insert a DVD, it plays it in 4:3 normal view and then if i make it go to xbox dashboard, it changes back to widescreen.
hm...i am curious.

[AssaultHill]

hmmm... Your display mode on the 360 is probably set on 720p or 1080i. Maybe set your display mode on your xbox360 to 480i or 480p. I think its because your kill bill DVD isn't high def. Try it and see if it works.

[Silent Mike 504]

When you're playing the movie, bring up the menu and there is a option to change the display.

[crunchymac187]

okay, during the movie, push any face button(a,b,x,y) and go to advanced. There should be an aspect thing, and that always works for me. Surprisingly, I don't lose to much clarity after stretching it

[davep]

2.35:1 is not 16:9, so you should actually be seeing black bars at the top/bottom of the screen. Set the TV to "normal" and see if you get the top/bottom ones, if you do, then its right. 16:9 is actually 1.78:1.

[crunchymac187]

davep....but still, the 360 can stretch the picture, without much loss, to fill up the entire screen

[mak]

Not all DVDs are widescreen (16:9), in fact, most are standard (4:3) ratio and that's most likely the reason your DVDs are not playing in widescreen.. unless of course the DVD(s) read "Widescreen" on the cover/disc.

[JoonKimDDS]

Originally Posted by davep

2.35:1 is not 16:9, so you should actually be seeing black bars at the top/bottom of the screen. Set the TV to "normal" and see if you get the top/bottom ones, if you do, then its right. 16:9 is actually 1.78:1.

I think you are right.
Not only I have black bars at the left and right(since it's normal), it also has black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.
I guess the wide screen it refers means there are black bars at the top and bottom instead of showing extra spaces.

[SShoot3r]

Press B and change the display setting