Need help with a new TV

[DwarfMaster]

Merry Christmas everyone!

DS got a new Flat screen TV for Christmas. Can anyone explain to me why the picture doesn't use the whole screen? I've got about an inch on each side that isn't used. I've seen them like this on display in the stores, but I figured it was some settings that needed adjusted. I can't figure it out.

 

[BunsenH]

There should be a button on your remote that is called "aspect" or something similar. Pressing this will toggle through the various screen size options (full, 4:3, zoom, etc.). Choose the one that you prefer.

Enjoy the new toy!

 

[DwarfMaster]

There should be a button on your remote that is called "aspect" or something similar. Pressing this will toggle through the various screen size options (full, 4:3, zoom, etc.). Choose the one that you prefer.

Enjoy the new toy!

I got it ~ Aspect Ratio!!!!! Thank you sooo much. I'm technically challenged I'm lucky I can figure out how to hook it up...let alone change the settings!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Know that if you fill a screen with a picture that is not originally meant to fill that size that is will be distorted and stretched. It will fill the screen but whatever is pictured, people, scenes, etc, will look weird. Best bet is to set it so the small black areas (often 'panel' mode) are visible on the sides for those that were originally filmed in the older aspect ratio.

 

[Micca]

I agree with Dan. For some there is the temptation to fill the screen by putting the source in stretch mode, but you're really just messing up the picture your expensive new tv was designed to display.

Once you get used to watching video in the aspect ratio it was intended for, you'll never go back.

Enjoy the tv, hi-def ROCKS.

 

[bicker]

Here's an oldie but a goodie on this subject:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...-Def_FAQ:_Why_Dont_the_Black_Bars_Go_Away/764

It never ceased to amaze me how -- uh -- enthusiastic some videophiles are with regard to this issue. Reading what some of them say about it, you'd think that setting the aspect ratio to stretch the video to fill the screen is the eighth deadly sin. :roftl: While we generally do not prefer stretching, I surely would respect someone else's preference in that regard, and indeed acknowledge that there are perhaps a significant number of people who do.

 

[DwarfMaster]

Know that if you fill a screen with a picture that is not originally meant to fill that size that is will be distorted and stretched. It will fill the screen but whatever is pictured, people, scenes, etc, will look weird. Best bet is to set it so the small black areas (often 'panel' mode) are visible on the sides for those that were originally filmed in the older aspect ratio.

Thank You. I think I get it now.

If it were my TV and for the family living room, I would probably leave it as it came (with the black areas). This TV is for my DS12...He's not too concerned with the quality & slight distortion.

 

[BunsenH]

Here's an oldie but a goodie on this subject:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...-Def_FAQ:_Why_Dont_the_Black_Bars_Go_Away/764

It never ceased to amaze me how -- uh -- enthusiastic some videophiles are with regard to this issue. Reading what some of them say about it, you'd think that setting the aspect ratio to stretch the video to fill the screen is the eighth deadly sin. :roftl: While we generally do not prefer stretching, I surely would respect someone else's preference in that regard, and indeed acknowledge that there are perhaps a significant number of people who do.

You might as well try and tell some people not to crank up the bass, treble, and loudness on their amplifiers!

When we first got our HDTV, I was surprised how thin baseball players looked. I was used to seeing them on mis-adjusted sets at sports bars.

 

[WDWBarb]

Know that if you fill a screen with a picture that is not originally meant to fill that size that is will be distorted and stretched. It will fill the screen but whatever is pictured, people, scenes, etc, will look weird. Best bet is to set it so the small black areas (often 'panel' mode) are visible on the sides for those that were originally filmed in the older aspect ratio.

I have a DF who does TV commercials. She HATES it when people put the picture on stretch - says it makes her hips look ridiculously wide!!

 

[bicker]

You might as well try and tell some people not to crank up the bass, treble, and loudness on their amplifiers!

Tell me about it! Remember when equalizers were all the rage? Many people would deliberately distort the sound by twisting the levels into a configuration that had no relationship with reality. I think, especially once they put LEDs on the individual levers on the equalizer, that people where just looking to create pretty designs with the LEDs!