Hi, I have been tweaking in the service menu of my xbr960 since day one. At some point, when watching 480i material I noticed that Zoom mode and WideZoom mode were identical. The thing is, I remember a time when this was not the case.

I have tried various settings, but I can't find any service menu setting that only pertains to the WideZoom mode. Has anyone had this same problem? Any help would be appreciated as always. Thanks, CK

Check out page 21 of this document (https://www.vancebaldwin.com/shop/research_new/SON/KD34XBR2.pdf) .

Thanks!

Sonys wide zoom i now believe sucks imo. Unless you like distortion and subtitles, text, unreadable. Dont know about the tubes if they have overscan adjustments, but the rear's have normal, plus+1 settings to fill the picture more. Another point like +2 would eliminate the need for wide zoom completely and have less loss than wide zoom by far.