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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ZerosInfinite" data-source="post: 2468401" data-attributes="member: 845503">o-k can someone explain this to me like I'm new please...720 * 480 is a 3:2 or 1.5:1 ratio right? and my television (also SD) is 4:3 or 1.33:1So when you squeeze a 1.5:1 image onto a 1.33:1 display you should lose about 11% off the top and bottom  together in the form of black bars... thats about 6% on the top and 6% on the bottom....so why does it look like nearly half of my screen is black bars?thanks ..was always curious about that ... is the content there and things are scaling down? or is the content missing and things are scaling up ?</blockquote>