ijgolf
join:2003-12-29
Lake Worth, FL
| reply to jspera
Re: Adelphia hdtv
I just got Adelphia HDTV in Florida. Even the techs have no ide how to set up the cable box. Only 3 channels so far. I have a standard shape 32" Sony HDTV. When I view the HD channels, I lose 3-4" off the top and bottom of my tv - even though it is full with. 1) does HDTV only come in the 16:9 wide screen format? 2) can I set my tv to see a full picture at the 1080 setting?
Plus the HDTV picture is only a little better than the digital image I had before and on the other channels. I don't think losing the size equates to the slight better picture quality.
Need some answers or help with setting. |
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Pete Kuncis
@adelphia.net
| ijgolf:
You have to setup the cable box to see your 16:9 screen. Shut off your cable box. Hold down the Guide & Info buttons on the cable box. Then the screen setup starts. Setup your screen for 16:9 and 1080i. Turn on the cable box. Your HD channels should fit with no black bars.
Now all your nonHD channels will have bars on the left & right. Go into the Advanced Settings. You'll see the setting for Picture Size. Set it to Stretch. This will stretch all the nonHD channels to fill with no black bars, but it won't change the HD channels.
You should be good after that. The Guide bar on the bottom of the screen doesn't fit like before, but who cares!
Pete |
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ijgolf
join:2003-12-29
Lake Worth, FL
| Thanks. I have tried that but my set is a 4:3 hdtv. I know the hd will have bars on the top and bottom, but on the non-hdtv - I have to reset the scan lines to 480 to get a full picture. If not, I get a 4:3 picture with a 2" black border all around. I thought there was a way to reset itself to a full screen. Thanks again. Your info works perfect on a 16:9 set, which I did for my friend. |
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heymark
@adelphia.net
| reply to ijgolf
I have Adelphia HD in WPB. 3 HD channels that are marginally better than digital. Except Monday Night Football, which looks amazing. The HD box cabled with "component out" makes the other non HD channels look fuzzy. I connected a standard cable wire to the tv1 and the digital and analog channels are much clearer. So now I only use the component video out to watch HDTV. Any one else having this problem. |
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