Question about Aspect Ratio

As my buddies at Crutchfield say:

1. The term used to describe TV screen shape is "aspect ratio" — conventional TVs, and some small LCD HDTVs, have a 4:3 aspect ratio; widescreen HDTVs have a 16:9 ratio. TV shows also typically have a4:3 or 16:9 ratio.

SD means 480i.  It will be at a 4:3 ratio just like the 50 years before digital TV.  HD means 720p or 1080i, and a 16:9 ratio.

Your expecations are off, not the service.

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@ubigcorps wrote:
Why did yall cut inches of the standard def tv service. Someone buys a 42" tv and thanks to u watches a 38" picture. It's b*******. I'm sure yall remember when the pic was full screen, yall are all old enough to remember that. And even though we do have HD service when I switch it to the same channel I was watching in standard..... ooops, no picture at all on hd. I wish more people would realize howur screwing them. I hope soon to never pay anothertv bill and will onlywatchhulu/Netflix or anything other than the big corps crap. 1 star overall service.

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Are you paying for HD service? Perhaps that is the reason you have no picture when you turn to an HD channel. Are you even a U-Verse subscriber?

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The OP needs to understand the workings of that zoom button.  Just like a Ronco chicken rotisserie, "Set it and forget it."

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@dhascall wrote:

The OP needs to understand the workings of that zoom button.  Just like a Ronco chicken rotisserie, "Set it and forget it."

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5 stars for the Ronco reference. 

ubigcorps wrote:
Why did yall cut inches of the standard def tv service. Someone buys a 42" tv and thanks to u watches a 38" picture. It's b*******. I'm sure yall remember when the pic was full screen, yall are all old enough to remember that. And even though we do have HD service when I switch it to the same channel I was watching in standard..... ooops, no picture at all on hd. I wish more people would realize how ur screwing them. I hope soon to never pay another tv bill and will only watch hulu/Netflix or anything other than the big corps crap. 1 star overall service.

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From what I am reading, the OP does not have HD service in the first place. He says that when he goes to the HD channels he gets "no picture at all on hd".

Even with an analog television, if you are paying for HD, you still get the HD channels, although they are not in HD since they are not HD televisions.

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@skeeterintexas wrote:
...and yet another example of a OPW leaving us with unanswered questions. *sigh*

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I bet he jumped on the bamdwagon of the other poster who had letterbox / barndoor issues.  At least they posted screenshots.

I have the same problem and agree with ubigcorps.you all can provide

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