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Dell/Any Plasma screen size in regular TV

by isaacdunham Mar 9, 2005 11:26PM PST

My cable was set up yesterday, but for all the regular (non-HD) channels, and some HD channels, the image only takes up a small portion of the screen, not the entire screen. I have to 'zoom' to get a full picture. Is that normal or a problem? How do I fix it?

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by jhopp Mar 10, 2005 4:28AM PST

That's normal to get black bars on the left and right sides of the screen. The only time you'll get the full aspect ratio (16x9) screen is when you're receiving an HDTV broadcast. If you have Comcast there are two channels call INHD which broadcast all programing in 5.1 DD HDTV. You should also be able to receive ESPN-HD, which broadcast most of it's programming if full aspect ratio.

Good Luck
Joe

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