Problem | Possible Solution |
There are black | All 4:3 HDTVs display HD programs in letterbox format |
bars above and | (black bars above and below the picture) because of the |
below the picture | shape of the display screen. |
| Turn on the 4:3 OVERRIDE feature in the User Settings |
| menu. This enables most standard screen TVs to display |
| a full screen picture when the |
| program. |
| Set the TV TYPE to 4:3 |
| top to remove the black bars above and below the |
| picture when possible. |
| Some SD programs are broadcast in the letterbox format |
| with black bars above and below the picture. Some wide |
| screen TVs offer a zoom feature that may be able to |
| remove the black bars (see your TV manual for |
| information about zooming 4:3 video). |
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There are black | This may occur on a 4:3 TV if the 4:3 OVERRIDE setting |
bars on all four | is OFF. To set 4:3 SD programming to fill the screen, |
sides of the picture | depending on the capabilities of the TV, set |
| 4:3 OVERRIDE to 480i or 480p. |
| This may occur on a 16:9 TV if the active video for an SD |
| broadcast is in letterbox format. To confirm, wait for a |
| commercial or look for a graphic, such as a network logo. |
| If the commercial fills the screen from top to bottom, or |
| the graphic appears below the active video, the program |
| is being letterboxed by the broadcaster. You can |
| minimize this by activating the zoom feature on the TV. |
| A broadcaster may include black bars on either side of a |
| wide screen broadcast. This is called a “hybrid” aspect |
| ratio and results in a black border surrounding the video |
| on a 4:3 TV. Because this is part of the broadcast, the |
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| minimize the border using the zoom feature on the TV. |
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