full-screen from chopped 16:9

[newbie6]

When NTSC stations broadcast 16:9 sources, they show on a 16:9 TV about 2/3 size: the station puts black above and below and the TV then puts black on each side because it sees the source as NTSC format. Once everything is in DVD format, can anyone tell me the command I need to add to the IFO to make the double-squashed 16:9 show full size on the TV?

I've got PGCedit and have used it before to turn subpictures off successfully. Hoping there's something as simple to show these 16:9 full size...

[setarip_old]

Hi!the TV then puts black on each side because it sees the source as NTSC format.I'm pretty sure the left and right side black "posts" have nothing to do with NTSC (versus PAL). Those posts usually appear on a 16x9 TV when the TV has been set to 4:3...

[linyx]

Once everything is in DVD format, can anyone tell me the command I need to add to the IFO to make the double-squashed 16:9 show full size on the TV?
Assuming you are converting them to dvd, you can use an "Avisynth" script to crop the borders and then encode with "QuEnc (http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Encoders/MPEG2/QuEnc072.exe)" or "HCenc" (http://www.bitburners.com/hc-encoder/)
Here is an example script:
DirectShowSource("C:\Capture1.avi")
Crop(0,50,0,-50)
I believe you can also use "DVD Rebuilder (http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Vobtools/DVD-RBv098FreeUO.zip)" to crop these borders after it is in dvd format.

[newbie6]

What I was hoping for: my TV has a command to show source full width. It's designed of course precisely to expand 16:9 on 4:3 to full size and works well as long as the remote is handy and I remember the exact button pushes required. I'm just hoping there is a similar PGC.

[manono]

Just use the Zoom on your remote control if you don't like the way it looks. You're seeing widescreen 4:3 broadcasts (not 16:9) and there's nothing you can do about it short of a full reencode. Nothing you can do to the IFOs (using IFOEdit or PGCEdit) will change it, except to make it worse. DVD-Rebuilder has a setting for converting 4:3 to 16:9.

Real 16:9 hi-def broadcasts will fill the screen.

[linyx]

@newbie6

manono is right, you cannot fix it without doing a full re-encode, but you can try using this calculator (http://resizecalc.somestuff.org/) to help you resize/crop your videos to fit. I would suggest cropping the borders and then resizing them to true 16:9, but if it looks good enough for you with the zoom feature on your TV, then use that.

BTW
I'm just hoping there is a similar PGC.
A "PGC" is only a "Program Chain" or title on a dvd.:)