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Doowopper · 05-03-2005, 04:59 AM

I just started using a SONY Wega 42," LCD rear projection, LCD, high definition tv. I tried watching "Deadwood," on it, which is on a regular HBO station. The show is broadcast in high definition. However, the picture fills what looks like a 16:9 rectangle, but only in the middle of the screen, with huge horizontal and vertical black areas around the picture - as though the show is being broadcast in 16:9 for a tv with a 4:3 screen. I can fill the screen with the picture and eliminate the black areas around the picture only by using zoom or stretch settings with the remote, which distort the picture. I cannot get an undistorted picture that fills my entire screen. I thought that because the show is broadcast in high definition and seems to have a 16:9 format, that it would fill my whole screeen without having to distort the picture with stretch or zoom settings with my remote. Perhaps I am confusing the size of the picture with high definition and could use some clarification. Or, perhaps there is a setting I need to adjust and I haven't figured out how to do it.
1) Is it normal for some shows to be broadcast in high defintion and have the resulting 16:9 picture cover only the middle portion of the screen with large black areas around it?
2) If the answer to 1) is no, how do I get a high definiton, 16:9 picture to cover the whole screen (now the picture covers only the middle of the screen, as described above) without the picture being distorted? I tried all of wide settings available on my remote, but none provided an undistorted picture (with no stretch or zoom) that fills my whole screen.
Thanks.
Richard

05-03-2005, 04:59 AM	#1
Doowopper How can anyone watch standard def? Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 23	Size of picture on my SONY LCD rear projection HD television - I'm confused (newbie) I just started using a SONY Wega 42," LCD rear projection, LCD, high definition tv. I tried watching "Deadwood," on it, which is on a regular HBO station. The show is broadcast in high definition. However, the picture fills what looks like a 16:9 rectangle, but only in the middle of the screen, with huge horizontal and vertical black areas around the picture - as though the show is being broadcast in 16:9 for a tv with a 4:3 screen. I can fill the screen with the picture and eliminate the black areas around the picture only by using zoom or stretch settings with the remote, which distort the picture. I cannot get an undistorted picture that fills my entire screen. I thought that because the show is broadcast in high definition and seems to have a 16:9 format, that it would fill my whole screeen without having to distort the picture with stretch or zoom settings with my remote. Perhaps I am confusing the size of the picture with high definition and could use some clarification. Or, perhaps there is a setting I need to adjust and I haven't figured out how to do it. 1) Is it normal for some shows to be broadcast in high defintion and have the resulting 16:9 picture cover only the middle portion of the screen with large black areas around it? 2) If the answer to 1) is no, how do I get a high definiton, 16:9 picture to cover the whole screen (now the picture covers only the middle of the screen, as described above) without the picture being distorted? I tried all of wide settings available on my remote, but none provided an undistorted picture (with no stretch or zoom) that fills my whole screen. Thanks. Richard Last edited by Doowopper; 05-03-2005 at 05:01 AM.