How do i make my widescreen tv use the whole screen for movies it still has black bars on top and bottom?

I can't seem to get my new LG Plasma 42" widescreen TV to use the whole screen on widescreen format movies. I am using my PS2 to play the movies, and have messed with the aspect settings on both the TV and the PS2, and no matter what I do the movies still have the black bar on the top and bottom. It seems as if all it does is stretches the sides out!! I can use an option on my TV called "Zoom" but all it does it cuts off a little bit of the bars, but doesn't remove them. Once again I have an LG 42PC3DV 42" Plasma TV. ANY help appreciated, thanks!

Answer:
There is more than one aspect ratio used for widescreen. 16:9 or 1.78:1 is just one. There is also 2.39:1 and 1.85:1. 16:9 is the only one that will fill up your screen fully. The other two 2.39:1 and 1.85:1 will give you black bars on the top and bottom. Look at the box for your widescreen movie and see what aspect ratio the movie is in.
its a widescreen tv its ment to have bars those are a sigunature chariteristic of wide screens
try pressing zoom more than once
Look carefully when buying DVD Movies!! On the box, look for 'FULL-SCREEN'..Otherwise, you will get the 'letterbox' black bars on top and bottom. Many DVD's come in 'WIDESCREEN' format, but I prefer a full screen movie!!
buy a progressive scan DVD player nothing fancy costs about 30 US Dollars just make sure it has component output or HDMI

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