The last ever question on this topic for anyone that has one! :) is it possible whilst watching dvd screen ratio cinematic movies on a 16:9 tv, to be able to zoom in on the dvd player to fill the entire screen horizontally and also maintain aspect?

I think I had a similar problem before on another dvd player+tv. I would have expected the dvd player I am testing to be able to do so (cropping off the top and bottom black border area and perhaps top/bottom of the main picture if also necessary). But after zooming in, and maintaining the aspect ratio (my current dvd player must be set to "auto" for the aspect ratio not to change), I still see borders all over. The tv is definately zooming in-the film playing is getting bigger in scale, but the borders remain in the same position, of the exact same size before and after zooming, in either dvd player modes, as an unremovable frame. Is the main reason for this because I am using a dvd player that may have 4:3 rules in mind? Or is the tv more likely to have some option that Ive been needing to switch on all along? Some people I know that have widescreen tvs say I should be able to zoom and still view a movie in its original aspect on a widescreen tv whilst losing a little of the top and bottom of the picture, but its not working for me, and I havent been able to test anything out to date on any other dvd player on the same tv. Can anyone verify that its possible? If not then it would seem that with such large borders, Im just as well using a small 4:3 tv for dvds, if the actual watchable area is of an identical size, despite the 16:9 being 4x the size in screen size! haha - if anyone that has a widescreen can add anything (and not just "buy a new dvd player/tv) that would be great-thanks ;)