Widescreen full screen?

This might sound like a stupid question but I thought I'd check! I'm important widescreen footage from a DV cam, into iMovie HD 6. The project is set to be DV Widescreen and the frame rate is set to 25 (because I'm PAL).
I import the footage but when I play it back full screen from within iMovie, I still get letterboxing top and bottom of the screen. It looks fine when I play it within iMovie with the normal play button (not full screen). Should I have the Automatic DV Pillarboxing & Letterboxing option switched on or off? It seems to make no difference in this case.
I assumed I'd be able to play back full screen, without the letterboxing. Is it because I am using an Apple 23" Cinema Display? Its resolution is 1900x1200 - perhaps this isn't 16:9 or maybe I'm missing something else.
Any ideas? Thanks!

Hi Gavin!
A widescreen 16:9 DVD is intended to fill the screen
of a modern widescreen TV, but even there you may
still get the occasional bar at the top and bottom
from retail DVDs of films shot in an even wider
format.
The resolution of 16:9 DV is 1900 x 1080 - maybe
enough of a difference to be noticeable on your 23"
display (Klaus suppresses jealous snort). Even
on my mere 20" iMac the image from full-screen 16:9
DVDs, including ones in iMovie, do not quite
match the exact screen size.
As to your question: Automatic DV Pillarboxing &
Letterboxing should be OFF, just set it at 16:9.
Hi Klaus!
Many thanks for your answer, that's a big help right away. I guess if 16:9 DV is 1900 x 1080 and the Cinema Display 23" is 1900 x 1200 then there would have to be black bars. Can someone with a 23" Cinema Display confirm this?
Thanks for the answer to the Automatic DV Pillarboxing/Letterboxing, glad to get that cleared up as I was confused.
(And yes, the Cinema Display is gorgeous, well worth the extra cost!)
Gavin

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