622 4:3 to 16:9 Question???

[nherb10]

I just switched from Directv to dish because of this new HD receiver but so far am not impressed with the SD format. Is there a setting on this reciever that I need to change so that the SD signal converts automatically to 16:9. I hate using the format buttons because they distort the picture. HD signal is great! I had my new Sony SXRD hooked up to my Directv last week and this was not a problem, although the receiver was not HD. Am I missing something, or is this something I have to live with? Any help would be great.

[Ghostwriter]

well once you stretch a 4:3 image to 16:9 its going to distort no matter how good the siganl is.

[nherb10]

well once you stretch a 4:3 image to 16:9 its going to distort no matter how good the siganl is.


Well I guess my question is: Is there a setting (besides Zoom, Partial Zoom, or Stretch) that will give me a full undistorded 16:9 image in SD? This is my first 16:9 TV so I am not familar with this, although the TV salesman said I would not have this problem...

[BFG]

I don't think the zoom modes stretch, but the cut off the top and bottom of pictures

[zer0cool]

For a 4:3 image to fit a 16:9 screen, it either has to be stretched, or zoomed in, cutting off part of the top 7 bottom. Now if it's a standard def show, broadcast in widescreen (Like say, The Shield), then it can be zoomed to fill the screen without losing (much) of the picture.
Oh BTW, your salesman lied.

[Jerry G]

Well I guess my question is: Is there a setting (besides Zoom, Partial Zoom, or Stretch) that will give me a full undistorded 16:9 image in SD? This is my first 16:9 TV so I am not familar with this, although the TV salesman said I would not have this problem...

With all due respect, you are correct. You aren't familiar enough with 16:9 to understand this issue. There is no way to have an undistorted or non cropped image of a 4:3 image on a 16:9 set unless you view it as 4:3 with side bars. Think about it logically. How can a 4:3 image on a 16:9 set appear without distortion or cropping if you try to fill a 16:9 screen with a 4:3 image?

[ibglowin]

Partial zoom is as good as it gets on 4:3 material on a 16:9 TV