When I'm playing movie on my lg smart 49 inch TV it doesn't shows me the full screen .why?

[positiveattitude716]

When I'm playing movie on my lg smart 49 inch TV it doesn't shows me the full screen .why?

 

[americanaudiophile]

What are you playing the movie with?
If the source is not connected with HDMI you would need to set the aspect ratio to 16:9.
If the movie is not 16:9 then you would see bars either on the sides or on the top and bottom of the screen. Most TVs have a button on the remote to either stretch the picture or cut off the sides to get the movie to fit the screen. Often looks bad and you lose some content.

 

[fixthat]

When I discovered this problem I looked on the back of the DVD and it said "theatrical widescreen" and when I looked it up it was some oddball number not 16:9. Here is one page describing the ratio.

https/www.videomaker.com/article/f6/14176-standard-and-widescreen-whats-the-diff-a-primer-on-aspect-ratios

We should all go "square" and never have this problem again.