How to fill screen fully?? Non HD chanels do not fill

by steve02usa Oct 6, 2010 3:04AM PDT

Hello Everyone -

Thank you for taking time to assist. It is appreciated. How do I get my screen to fill completely with non HD channels? My HD Channels fill the screen completely, but the Non-HD channels only fill the middle, leaving a lot of BLACK all around the picture. It is very frustrating to have a big tv with a little picture in the middle. I just recently purchased the UN55C7000WF and so far have been very pleased with the performance and picture. Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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How to fill screen fully?? Non HD chanels do not fill

by mperson9 Oct 6, 2010 4:55AM PDT

If you are using a cable or satellite box you need to adjust the settings there.

For example, on a standard Comcast cable box you need to power on the box. Press the red Menu button which will bring up a menu with choices on HD resolution and what to do about SD channels. Options should include 480 and stretch. If you want the SD channels to fill your screen to need to choose stretch.

Press the Menu button after making your selection and now power on your cable box. Go to an SD channel and the image should completely fill the screen.

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by mperson9 Oct 10, 2010 4:41AM PDT

Sorry, just noticed I said, "power on the box," when you actually need to power off the box and then press the red Menu button to get into the menu.

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by Samsung_HD_Tech Samsung staff Oct 10, 2010 2:48PM PDT

mperson9,

I appreciate you jumping in on this.

In some cases, the 4:3 picture is broadcasted inside of a 16x9. While it would be clear cut that settings are off if there are black lines around all four sides of the screen, some SD channels are still broadcast in 16x9 WITH the black bars. This would require a zoom feature, but doing so would cut off the top and bottom.

Here's an example of a 4:3 broadcast in 16x9. The broadcaster was nice enough to put the station identifier in the black boxes on the side, but not all do that. When they do that, the image won't automatically stretch, and there's not much you can do to adjust it, except zoom with the result pointed out above.

http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp60/samsung_hd_tech/stretch3.jpg

Since stations can opt to broadcast the way they want, it may require adjusting the picture size for different channels on occasion.

Does that help?

--HDTech

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by mperson9 Oct 10, 2010 3:09PM PDT

Yup, the picture you have supplied is on an HD channel but an SD broadcast.

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by Samsung_HD_Tech Samsung staff Oct 10, 2010 3:17PM PDT

mperson9,

Unfortunately, it throws a lot of people off. Watching the SD broadcast of that channel provides a full screen auto-stretch (which I actually don't prefer, but that's a personal preference).

Again, appreciate your recent contributions in this and other threads. Thanks.

--HDTech

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by BWC1956 Apr 30, 2016 5:09PM PDT

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Not answered correctly

by BWC1956 Apr 30, 2016 5:16PM PDT

I have the same issue. The program is in 16:9 format but there is black ALL AROUND the picture making it very small. It is NOT a 4:3 picture with black bars on ether side. Zooming in results in a washed out picture. All HD channels fill the screen and about half the SD channels fill the screen.

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by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 30, 2016 6:38PM PDT

This means the products and answers will change. Please top post your question in a new post along with product model numbers and the issue.

In the USA you can call 1800SAMSUNG or use the chat at Samsung.com for faster answers.

Because this thread is now outdated, it's closing now.

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