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hi def tv "short screen" rant!
I have had a 50 inch TV for a while now and my question is why do some hi def stations not project/send a full screen? For instance I'm watching the CBS hi def channel for football and it's not full screen it is a partial screen
 But when I flip over to Fox it's full screen hi def: What's up with that Is there a adjustment I have to make for the partial screen to be full screen? It shouldn't be this difficult to watch TV O.K. back to the beer and the games
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11-25-2007, 10:17 AM
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Just because a station might be HiDef, the shows they show might not be. It sounds like the CBS game isn't being filmed in HiDef.
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11-25-2007, 10:34 AM
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When your watching a high-def channel (and the broadcast is not in high def) there is no adjustment that can be made to make it stretch-to-fit
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11-25-2007, 10:47 AM
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Define partial screen.
Black on all 4 sides? Or just left and right. I have seen 1080 sets display a 720 broadcast in a smaller "window". 720 is still considered hi def just lower resolution, less pixels.
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11-25-2007, 11:56 AM
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'Partial screen" is not full width. It's like a 50 inch screen with a 40 inch picture there are blank bars on either side of the picture.
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11-25-2007, 12:00 PM
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The NFL seems to judge which games are "HD worthy". If your watching a regional broadcast between two crummy teams, chances are it will be standard signal with the bars on the side since this signal isn't in a 16:9 format. You will also notice the quality is lacking. A couple weeks ago I was watching a HD game it was having some delay issues and the images had a "shutter" effect that bothered my wife. We tried the image broadcast on the normal nonHD channels to compare and it was almost unwatchable. Boy, am I spoiled.
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11-25-2007, 01:51 PM
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Look for a control function labelled "Zoom". I have one on my Sony hidef set. I do not know about other manufacturers.
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Stretch features are accomodated by either your Cable remote/box and/or the TV's feature set. This capability may be resident on one, both or neither.
On my cable remote (SA Explorer) the # key will switch from Normal to Stretch, Zoom 1 or Zoom 2. The Stretch feature resizes and reproportions quite well.....but it's still not HD as mentioned above.
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Glad it worked out. I find this feature quite convenient.
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