Yeah, while I thank you for your input, this didnt really clear my question up for me....

So, is there anyone else who can tell me why, when my TV is in STANDARD mode (which is, as the original replier said, the NATIVE method and the way I watch most all DVDs to display them in their proper ratios and such), and I am watching a DVD that has a LOWER aspect ratio than 2:35 or 2:40 (both of which display small letterboxing, as is expected and correct on top and bottom of the image), say, 1:78:1 or 1:85:1, the image is filling the ENTIRE 16X9 widescreen with no letterboxing? Is this correct?

I have been told that perhaps what my TV is doing is "overscanning" those lower-aspect ratio DVDs (1:85, 1:78) and filling up the screen to eliminate the black bar letterboxing. Could this indeed be what is happening? As I said, I DO get the appropriate small letterboxing when watching 2:35:1 or 2:40:1 aspect DVDs, but when I watch 1:78:1 or 1:85:1 DVDs, the image fills the screen with NO letterboxing......is this normal on 16X9 sets?