Convert Widescreen to Fullscreen a.k.a. 16:9 to 4:3

[Breath of Fire]

Hi, I was wondering if there is anyway to Convert Widescreen to Fullscreen a.k.a. 16:9 to 4:3.

[xmod]

go to your PS2 browser and go into settings by pressing 'O'... now search there for the aspect ratio(i.e. 4:3)... when you find it, change it to 4:3 and you're good to go... it works on my HDTV..

[Breath of Fire]

No, I mean like converting a DVD Movie from Widescreen to Fullscreen.

[Perseid]

Can't be done. Movie companies hire people to "pan and scan" the movie for them. They pick the part of the picture that is most appropriate and move the square around.

Even if you could get software to do it for you, you'd end up with an unwatchable movie because all the software could do it pick a section and stick with it.

Your other alternative would be to squish the picture to fit, which most would agree also gives you an unwatchable movie. If you've ever seen the old VHS transfer of 2001, the opening credits were squished to fit. Ick.

My advice is to learn to love the black bars. :)

[Breath of Fire]

uuggg X-Men 2 has those HUGE black bars!

[Rotosound_rb666]

whahhhhhh!
You know that there are dozens of different dvd players available new for about $30 that can "zoom". And what't that thing with the wcreen you are reading from right now? computer? well, theres software like what I have, that does both zoom and pan-n-scan, and lots of other great things that, that add up as reasons with, let's not forget, how much extra wear that put on, and shortens the useful life of your ps2's poor lazer.
I only watch dvd's on the 'puter, since it has way better picture, and 5-1 surround-sound.
And besides, WHAAHHH, again, I like letterboxed editons, movies are made by directors who think in terms of a wide aspect, and sometimes the real message of the scene, or even overal message of the original film is lost in the pan-n-scan translation. Good directors use the entire field of view, most often to make, or at least suggest, some kind of point they want to make, in a visual way that 4x3 can't replicate.
Can't you just think of it as a tv picture of a movie theater screen? hell, where else are the subtiltes gonna go?
I just can't watch movies without them, and I don't even bother with tv anymore, I've gone a little more than half deaf, and miss or mistake most of the dialog without them, and those black bars are a perfect backdrop for them.