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greetings. i got samsung lcd tv 46" series 7 and i unpacked it last night and watched it for the first time. my previous tv's been old tube tvs.
1. some channels i'm getting from my comcast basic cable were hdtv channel, as i could verify by pushing "info" button on my remote. but even the ones that indicates "16:9", it doesn't completely fill the entire screen - there are about 6" gaps on the both left and right side of the screen. i have to use either "expand mode" or "zoom mode" of the tv to use the entire estate of the tv. isn't my tv 16:9 from the factory?
2. the picture quality of the regular channels - the ones that says 480i & 4:3 - is kinda bad - grainy and blocky. even worse than my old tube tv, i think. kinda like watching badly encoded youtube on my pc in a slow connection. is it supposed to be this way? does anybody know if my tv has the functionality to upscale 480i to 1080p or something?
3. i also noticed that no channel from my comcast is 1080p, although there were several 1080i. they don't do 1080p on cable?
thanks!
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Hi there> but even the ones that indicates "16:9", it doesn't completely fill
> the entire screen - there are about 6" gaps on the both left and
> right side of the screen.Sounds like you're watching 4:3 content that is broadcast at 16:9. Happens a lot, especially daytime shows and commercials. There's a lot of variation with commercials:
a. 4:3 image that is shown pillar box (your complaint) on a 16:9 screen
b. 16:9 image in a 4:3 pillar box (so the image is pillar and letter boxed)
c. 16:9 image in proper widescreen
Then the are the occasional, real widescreen (2.3:1 aspect ratio) movies that are broadcast with letterbox (e.g. "The Incredibles" on T-day).Regards
Edits: 12/15/08
1. Don't know about your Samsung, but most widescreen TVs must be set to "Full" to display a widescreen picture. The factory default is usually something like "Normal," which is 4:3. You mentioned "basic" cable. Are you running directly into the TV tuner with your cable, or are you using an outboard tuner/cable box? If you are, it's likely that your outboard box isn't HD-capable.2. Is it supposed to be this way? Yep. Standard 480i pictures look like crap when they are blown up on a fixed-pixel screen. Nothing you can do other than live with it, or not watch those channels on your new TV.
3. Broadcast/cablecast signals are limited by bandwidth and broadcast technology to 1080i maximum. Some satellite providers offer "1080p," but it's not broadcast/satcast - it's Video On Demand download. The primary sources for 1080p content for most of us are Blu-ray and HD DVD. It will likely be a long, long, long time before anything is actually broadcast in 1080p. I daresay most people here won't be alive then :-)
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