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shamguy4
join:2007-10-09
Spring Valley, NY

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[HD] help with widescreen tv

I have a widescreen samsung tv.
on it is a button p.size which changes the aspect ratio
however a lot of channels come in square looking even in 16:9?
how can i get them to fill the screen?
the only other option i have is wide screen which goes fills the screen but I'm missing the edges... like the logo of the tv channel is chopped off
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ok nevermind...so i was watching the channel not in hd...

buckingham
Doylstown Pa
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join:2005-07-17
Buckingham, PA

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Some HD material is still broadcast "letter-boxed". While you "could" stretch it to fill out the screen, it's going to affect the picture quality as you've noted. If you know the broadcast is in HD and it's appearing letterboxed (black bars on both sides), it's probably best to just watch it as-is.

aaronwt
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA

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Letterboxed is black bars above and below. Pillarboxed is black bars on both sides