On Jun 15, 11:05 am, "David Ruether" <r***@no-junk.cornell.edu> wrote:
> "Dejola" <johnandja***@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1181911164.391397.113***@q66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> >I just bought a used Sony 36XBR400 TV which is HDTV capable.
>
> Whew, these are expensive! Coulda had a nice big flat panel
> TV instead...! ;-)
>
> > Connected
> > the HDTV Converter provided by Optimum (Cablevision) and it works. But
> > I have two problems. #1. There are horizontal black bands above and
> > below the picture on HD programming. Is there any way to get rid of
> > them or is this just the nature of the beast;
>
> HDTV is 16x9 proportion; your TV is 4x3. Some cable box remotes
> do let you enlarge the image to fit top to bottom, but at the price of
> losing the sides. This at least keeps proportions of the parts of the image
> correct, unlike the sidways stretching of 4x3 images to fill 16x9 screens...;-)
>
> > #2 Two nights ago I
> > watched programming on all of the available HD channels (700 series of
> > channels) and they looked great. Last night, however, when I tried to
> > do the same thing on most of the channels the picture was a still
> > picture but with audio. I had regular moving video on only one or two
> > of the HD channels.
> > Can anyone help?
>
> Probably best to contact your cable company, though it may be a
> TV problem (but some TV remotes have a "freeze" button - check
> yours...). Also (nothing to do with this) have them be sure that your
> cable box is set to accept 1080i signals - it is surprising how many
> people who should know better are watching upsampled 480i
> signals unintentionally, thinking they are HD...;-(
> --DR