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Why cant i get rid of the black bars on my widescreen tv, ?

  • I have a 55 inch led tv, why is it if they converted into widescreen mode why do u still get the black bar at the top n bottom of the screen, when I had the toshiba projection ...show more

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    ".why do u still get the black bar at the top n bottom of the screen," Ok - you need to pay attention. If you are watching a HDTV program shot in HD - it should exactly fill your 16:9 screen. If you watch a BluRay of a recent HDTV series shot in HD - it should exactly fill your 16:9 screen. But Movies shot for the theater - can be in 10+ different ratios. This means black-bars. Some televisions have either a button on the remote or a setup menu item to let you zoom in. Some televisions - do not have this feature. Your old Toshiba had this feature. My Samsung has a dedicated button on the remote for this. Chances are your TV has a Video Setup menu that lets you adjust this. BUT: If you zoom in to get rid of bars on a movie - the image will remain zoomed in when you watch a TV show and could cut off the edges. Just keep that in mind.

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Go to the manufacturers site and download another manual. It is most likely a free download because it's useless without the tv. You should be able to choose stretch in your menu settings, mine lets me choose multiple modes of stretch and also move the picture around. Some programs are filmed with the strip on purpose so only change the settings if this is an issue on all shows and stations, if it isn't then it's the show not the tv settings.

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First, you can download the manual from Toshiba's website. (all companies make their products' manuals available this way.) Second, how the TV displays depends on the cabling you are using and the program source (HD TV channel, SD TV channel, DVD, Blu-Ray...) I assume you know to use HDMI cables whenever possible to ensure a HD picture from your sources. Next remember that newer HD sets don't just use a higher resolution, but they also use a different aspect ratio than older SD sets. SD uses 4:3, where as HD uses 16:9. This is why a non-HD channel on a HDTV will normally have black(or grey) borders on the left and right of the screen. DVDs that say they're in fullscreen use the old 4:3 aspect ratio as well. Widescreen DVDs use the original aspect ratio that the movie was shot in. While 16:9 is pretty common, there are others as well. By default a HDTV will retain the original aspect ratio from a blu-ray disc or non-widescreen DVD. This means if the movie uses a different aspect ratio, you will get black bars on top/bottom of your screen. If you really don't like this, use the TV remote's "Zoom" button to change the display mode. Note: this simply stretches the picture, which can result in people looking slightly skinnier than normal.

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