Top Upconverting Dvd Player If I Hook An Upconverting DVD Player To An HDTV, Should I Still Get The Black Bars At The Top And Bottom?

If I hook an upconverting DVD player to an HDTV, should I still get the black bars at the top and bottom? - top upconverting dvd player

I connected a DVD player Upconverting on my screen (16:9) HDTV. I was hoping to complete the picture of a DVD with a 16:9 anamorphic transfer of the entire screen. However, I still have black bars top and bottom of the screen like a standard TV. I connected something wrong or is as it should be?