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Old 04-25-2008, 09:56 AM   #2 of 4
Stephen Tu
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Re: Aspect ratios help


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Originally Posted by John-Miles
However the problem im having is this zooms too much and cuts off part of the sides and top and bottom.

There's some built-in overscan on your set, probably can't do much about it without getting into the service mode. Less than 5% shouldn't affect composition that much as cinematographers take this into account.

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additionally ive found on my HD channels that in full mode im still getitng some programs letterboxed, but not quite, they are slightly stretched, just not all the way so i still have vertical bars.

You mean "pillarboxed", with bars on the sides? Some stations for their 4:3 programming do this bastard 14:9 stretch where they stretch it some but not all the way. All you can do is write a letter to station management complaining about this, ask them to send standard 4:3 with the wide vertical bars so you can watch undistorted, or zoom it yourself if you want. These non-std stretch modes applied by the broadcaster that can't be undone giving the consumer no choice in the matter are an abomination in my opinion.
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