Hi. I apologize ahead of time if I am not posting this in the right place.
I have a TV issue that I just can't resolve and was hoping I could find some suggestions. I will try to explain as best I can.
The TV in question is a 42" Dynex 1080p LCD (Model: DX-LCD42HD-09). The problem I began having a week or so ago is related to the viewing area that is taken up by the picture. It is reduced from what is originally was. A guest was watching the TV when I was gone and when I got back something had changed.
The way it should be/used to be:
When the zoom mode was in "normal", programs that were shot for widescreen took up the entire area of the screen and looked great. Programs that were not shot in widescreen did not use up the entire width of the screen as expected and simply showed in the width that was intended and looked great. If changed the zoom mode to "Wide" it would take up the entire width of the screen - although I generally preferred just to leave it on "normal" and let things display they were meant to be displayed.
The way it is now that is ticking me off:
When the zoom mode is in "normal", programs that are shot for widescreen no longer take up the entire width of the screen. Instead, they use the center portion of the screen and display at the same width that non-widescreen programs USED to be displayed at. Shows that are not shot in widescreen show up even smaller (width-wise) and are actually distorted and squished. If I change the mode to "Wide", these non-widescreen programs show up the way the USED to show up in "normal" (instead of taking up the whole screen) - and the widescreen programs take up the entire screen - but I'm assuming the resolution is poorer since its actually just zooming in on a smaller picture.
I realize this is probably a complicated way of describing a simpler problem but I've tried everything and am having no luck so I thought it would be best just to describe exactly whats happening. I've restored the default settings on the TV as well as the cable box. I've tried every combination of settings I can think of but cannot fix this problem.
If anyone has any suggestions as to what I could try out I would greatly appreciate it. If you read that entire thing but cannot help I thank you anyway for sitting through that
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I have a TV issue that I just can't resolve and was hoping I could find some suggestions. I will try to explain as best I can.
The TV in question is a 42" Dynex 1080p LCD (Model: DX-LCD42HD-09). The problem I began having a week or so ago is related to the viewing area that is taken up by the picture. It is reduced from what is originally was. A guest was watching the TV when I was gone and when I got back something had changed.
The way it should be/used to be:
When the zoom mode was in "normal", programs that were shot for widescreen took up the entire area of the screen and looked great. Programs that were not shot in widescreen did not use up the entire width of the screen as expected and simply showed in the width that was intended and looked great. If changed the zoom mode to "Wide" it would take up the entire width of the screen - although I generally preferred just to leave it on "normal" and let things display they were meant to be displayed.
The way it is now that is ticking me off:
When the zoom mode is in "normal", programs that are shot for widescreen no longer take up the entire width of the screen. Instead, they use the center portion of the screen and display at the same width that non-widescreen programs USED to be displayed at. Shows that are not shot in widescreen show up even smaller (width-wise) and are actually distorted and squished. If I change the mode to "Wide", these non-widescreen programs show up the way the USED to show up in "normal" (instead of taking up the whole screen) - and the widescreen programs take up the entire screen - but I'm assuming the resolution is poorer since its actually just zooming in on a smaller picture.
I realize this is probably a complicated way of describing a simpler problem but I've tried everything and am having no luck so I thought it would be best just to describe exactly whats happening. I've restored the default settings on the TV as well as the cable box. I've tried every combination of settings I can think of but cannot fix this problem.
If anyone has any suggestions as to what I could try out I would greatly appreciate it. If you read that entire thing but cannot help I thank you anyway for sitting through that