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"Larry Bud" <larrybud2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Duke wrote:
>> "Duke" <sorry@no_spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:5l2me.84097$IO.50390@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
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>> > "Mistress" <mistress@s&m.org> wrote in message
>> > news:MPG.1d02788086673ae8989686@news.easynews.com...
>> >> In article <T71me.62638$w15.47336@tornado.tampabay.rr.com>,
>> >> sorry@no_spam.com says...
>> >>> Basically the picture appears
>> >>> "stretched". Kind of like when you watch a 4:3 broadcast on a 16:9
>> >>> screen
>> >>>
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>> >>
>> >> Double check that you haven't pressed the Zoom button on your
>> >> remote --
>> >> marked SD/HD on my 6000 remote. Your TV might have one too.
>> >
>> > I went back and rechecked all of my TV settings and found that the
>> > setting
>> > for Wide Mode had been set to Wide Zoom. Unbelievable !!! I have no
>> > idea
>> > how that setting would have been changed. I haven't even been into the
>> > menu myself in probably 2 years. Anyway, thanks for the tip. I have
>> > set
>> > Wide Mode back to Full and now all is well.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Duke
>> >
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>> Well I spoke to soon. For whatever reason the problem seems to be that
>> my
>> TV settings continue to default to Wide Zoom for Wide Screen content. No
>> matter what I set it to it always defaults back to Wide Zoom. I guess
>> I'll
>> be calling Sony tech support because I can't figure it out.
>>
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> Sounds to me that you are NOT watching the HD signal from the dish box.
> Do you have it hooked up with Component or DVI cables?
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> Sonys have a "default" setting for NON HD signals coming into it, and
> you can set the picture to wide zoom.. BUT, it only does that with
> non-component signals. I think you have the Dish box hooked up with
> either S-Video or Composite video cables.
>
Hello,
I am using a DVI cable from my sat receiver to the DVI input (7) on my TV.
I also have composite going from the sat receiver into input 1 on my TV, but
this is how I have always had it. I called Sony and they told me (in
reference to the DVI input (7)) that the TV was going to display whatever it
received from my sat receiver. There is no way to adjust the picture as far
as Zoom modes go when using the DVI input. This made sense to me as you
would normally be watching HD content over the DVI which should fill the
sreen anyway with no need for any zoom or stretch. Sony seems to think the
problem is with the Sat receiver not sending the signal correctly to the TV.
I am going to try and find some OTA HD today so I can see what it looks like
(to see if it is also stretched). I am also going to hook up some component
cables from my sat to my TV so that I can see if this is only happening
across the DVI input or if it is happening with all HD content in general.
This is so bizarre. I've had this TV for about 2 years now. I set it all
up when I got it and I have not changed anything since (cables, connections,
etc...) The only thing I can think is that somehow one of the settings on
either the sat receiver or the TV have gotten changed and I need to figure
out how to get it changed back. I'll be calling Dish today to see if they
can help.
Thanks all,
Duke