WIdescreen Video on Widescreen Monitor

Help,
I just bought a Widescreen monitor, and I have it set to a widescreen resolution. When I play a Widescreen DVD in DVD Player I expected to no longer have the black letterbox bars on the top and bottom. Is there something I can do to fix this, or am I missing something?
Bill

It depends on how they shot the movie. There is no real standard for widescreen in the movie industry. Computer and TV "widescreen" displays have a 16:9 ratio while some movies are shot upwards of 2.7:1 which is about 24:9. These movies will still show a black band on top and bottom. It would just smaller than the band would be on a regular monitor.

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