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GT40FIED · 10-09-2007, 10:18 PM

Ok, so I just got a new 32" LCD TV. It's pretty damn nice, but it's 16:9 widescreen which makes the picture kinda weird. There's 3 settings for the screen...regular, overscan, and wide. Regular makes the picture exactly the same as a standard 4:3 TV so there's big black areas on the left and right side of the screen. Overscan stretches the 4:3 picture to fit 16:9 so the aspect ratio looks all kinds of funny. Wide looks good, but it cuts off a bit of the top and bottom. Anyone know if there's a way to make the 4:3 image fit on a 16:9 screen without stretching it or cropping it? I wouldn't even mind letterboxing.

Racing Rice · 10-10-2007, 09:00 AM

Nope, those are your options from what I've found. I usually just watch it overscan. True HDTV fits perfectly and looks fantastic, because it's sent in 16:9 ratio. I just watch HDTV as much as I can. Keep watching one format long enough you get use to it. I can't stand the standard modes because I hate the black edges, and the wide mode can get annoying because it can cut off some things that you want/need to see.

GT40FIED · 10-10-2007, 11:13 AM

Yeah...I called my cable company and asked if their box could adapt to the 16:9 image. They said normally it can, but since I have an old set-top box (apparently 2 years is just ancient!) it doesn't support the aspect ratio change. If it bugs me enough I'll just go trade it in for a newer one. Oh well.

Racing Rice · 10-11-2007, 07:57 AM

Thats cool. I've played with the aspect ratio settings on my cable box and all it does is do the overscan feature like your TV would do, it still makes things look stretched. It doesn't work on HDTV channels that isn't playing HD shows either. They all have the black bars on the side unless I change it on the TV itself. Thats for my brand of cable box anyway.

GT40FIED · 10-11-2007, 06:42 PM

That sucks balls. I imagine mine will be the same. Oh well...now I just have to wait until network/cable programming catches up to technology. That should only take...what...10 years or so?

IALuder · 10-12-2007, 02:47 PM

if not more....

ebpda9 · 10-14-2007, 10:00 PM

i think it's mandated by the fcc for the broadcasting to switch to digital by the end of 2008

GT40FIED · 10-16-2007, 09:50 AM

I think originally it was '08 but I think they pushed it back to 2010. Then again, just because it's HD doesn't mean it'll be 16:9.

10-09-2007, 10:18 PM	#1
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 44 Posts: 7,451	If anyone has a WS TV... Ok, so I just got a new 32" LCD TV. It's pretty damn nice, but it's 16:9 widescreen which makes the picture kinda weird. There's 3 settings for the screen...regular, overscan, and wide. Regular makes the picture exactly the same as a standard 4:3 TV so there's big black areas on the left and right side of the screen. Overscan stretches the 4:3 picture to fit 16:9 so the aspect ratio looks all kinds of funny. Wide looks good, but it cuts off a bit of the top and bottom. Anyone know if there's a way to make the 4:3 image fit on a 16:9 screen without stretching it or cropping it? I wouldn't even mind letterboxing. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

10-10-2007, 09:00 AM	#2
Racing Rice Project Combat Honda Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Highland,OH Age: 46 Posts: 7,985	Nope, those are your options from what I've found. I usually just watch it overscan. True HDTV fits perfectly and looks fantastic, because it's sent in 16:9 ratio. I just watch HDTV as much as I can. Keep watching one format long enough you get use to it. I can't stand the standard modes because I hate the black edges, and the wide mode can get annoying because it can cut off some things that you want/need to see. __________________ Racing Rice

10-10-2007, 11:13 AM	#3
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 44 Posts: 7,451	Yeah...I called my cable company and asked if their box could adapt to the 16:9 image. They said normally it can, but since I have an old set-top box (apparently 2 years is just ancient!) it doesn't support the aspect ratio change. If it bugs me enough I'll just go trade it in for a newer one. Oh well. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

10-11-2007, 07:57 AM	#4
Racing Rice Project Combat Honda Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Highland,OH Age: 46 Posts: 7,985	Thats cool. I've played with the aspect ratio settings on my cable box and all it does is do the overscan feature like your TV would do, it still makes things look stretched. It doesn't work on HDTV channels that isn't playing HD shows either. They all have the black bars on the side unless I change it on the TV itself. Thats for my brand of cable box anyway. __________________ Racing Rice

10-11-2007, 06:42 PM	#5
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 44 Posts: 7,451	That sucks balls. I imagine mine will be the same. Oh well...now I just have to wait until network/cable programming catches up to technology. That should only take...what...10 years or so? __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

10-12-2007, 02:47 PM	#6
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 39 Posts: 7,908	if not more.... __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

10-14-2007, 10:00 PM	#7
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 45 Posts: 17,266	i think it's mandated by the fcc for the broadcasting to switch to digital by the end of 2008 __________________

10-16-2007, 09:50 AM	#8
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 44 Posts: 7,451	I think originally it was '08 but I think they pushed it back to 2010. Then again, just because it's HD doesn't mean it'll be 16:9. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

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