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Are you using an HD cable box?

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In Reply to: RE: Big TV's.......Small Picture posted by mauimusicman on July 08, 2009 at 15:11:24

If so, your cable box may not be properly configured. HD cable boxes have a setup menu that allows you to set the max resolution and screen size the cable box will output. I got one from the cable company that had been set to 16:9, but limited to 480i. I had to reconfigure to get higher resolution. I've also seen them set to 4:3.

You might want to investigate this.

Follow Ups:

RE: Are you using an HD cable box? - mauimusicman 14:56:04 07/09/09 (1)
Thanks for the tips guys. I'll look into this settings thing. Knowing Time Warner, it's something they are doing or not doing.
- "Knowing Time Warner, it's something they are doing or not doing" - David Aiken 18:11:59 07/09/09 (0)
  If it is a settings issue with your cable box, then you can't really blame Time Warner. They have to choose a set of default settings and not everyone has the same displays, or uses the same settings on their display. Some people like 4:3 aspect material expanded to full screen and some like it displayed accurately with bars at the side. Some DVDs are mastered to display a wide screen movie on a 4:3 screen and if shown with the picture in the right aspect ratio end up with bars top and bottom and on each side as well.
  
  With any source component the manufacturer chooses a group of default settings based on what they think will suit the bulk of the purchasers. No set of default settings will work for everyone, that's why there are options. If a set of defaults did work ideally for everyone there'd be no need for the device to offer options for those settings.
  
  It's a fact of life that you often have to tinker with a device's settings in order to get the result you want, or the best result which may often be something different from what you want :-)
  
  David Aiken

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