RE: can't fit OTA HD to ED plasma
- From: "markt" <markt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:53:02 -0800
Gene - That's good to hear you were able to get ota HD to fit your 16:9
display with the z555. I'll keep experimenting. You're right in assuming my
set is a 16:9 -- it's a Dell ED plasma.
thanks,
-Mark
"Gene E. Bloch" wrote:
> [Weird: my post is now invisible to me in this thread. Maybe it's time
> for a new newsreader? This one sometimes separates parts of a thread
> into different places, which makes me annoyed.]
>
> I looked at powerstrip and decided that it scared me...
>
> If your set is (physically) 16:9, then you should be able to see a 16:9
> program fine. However, some DVDs are at other ratios. I forget the
> numbers, but they are wider than 16, like 17:9 or 18 or even 20:9, so
> they will require Procrustean methods, such as cutting off the ends of
> the picture or adding letterbox bands on top and bottom. The bands will
> be narrower than when viewing 16:9 (etc) on 4:3 screens, however.
>
> You might have to experiment with the standard screen resolutions
> available to you, or try the "zoom" or "width" commands on your z555 or
> your TV (or whatever they are called on your set).
>
> My TV is 720p, but it and the z555 seems to team up OK to display
> 1080i. It took some experimenting for a while, though. And I no longer
> can sort out what I did - I tried so many things that I am by now 100%
> confused.
>
> Wish I could help more...
>
> Gino
>
> On 12/4/2005, markt managed to type:
> > thanks, Gene. That's correct - my display is 480p. I'm getting the ota HD
> > to display in 16:9, but it's still not filling the whole display - letterbox
> > on top and bottom. I just downloaded powerstrip, but I'm not sure what to do
> > with it. Any ideas?
> > thanks, -Mark
> >
> > "Gene E. Bloch" wrote:
> >
> >> The info button on the HP remote is the button with an "i" on it. It's
> >> about an inch from the OK button in the 1:30 position (call it
> >> northeast, if you prefer).
> >>
> >> You should be able to get OTA HD to display on your set, but you have
> >> to realize that HD will have 720 or 1080 lines, so it will have to be
> >> reformatted to fit on the 480 lines of your ED set. (I am assuming that
> >> ED means 480p).
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> Gino
> >>
> >> On 11/30/2005, markt managed to type:
> >>> THere isn't an info button on the HP z555 remote. Is there another way to
> >>> access zoom? I walked through the video settings wizard where I set up
> >>> that I was using DVI to connect to a 480P widescreen. Is that what you
> >>> mean by display settings? Do I need to change settings with the NVIDIA
> >>> graphics card? Or somewhere else?
> >>>
> >>> "Richard Miller" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Try the zoom to 3 on the remote info button, and what is your display
> >>>> settings set to?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
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> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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> Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
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