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For Dish Tv is it normal to not have full screen on some channels?

Discussion in 'General DISH™ Discussion' started by Abe12, Nov 21, 2020 at 10:53 PM.

  1. Nov 21, 2020 at 10:53 PM #1 of 5
    Abe12

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    There are quite a few channels in the dish tv lineup where I don't get full picture on my smart tv. I have to go into options and zoom which fills the picture up but picture clarity isn't as good.
     
  2. Nov 22, 2020 at 1:11 AM #2 of 5
    P Smith

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    if the source was shoot in 4:3 ratio, then yes;
    have pictures to post here ?
     
  3. Nov 22, 2020 at 9:32 AM #3 of 5
    scooper

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    It is most likely to occur on channels or shows that were shot / displayed in 4:3 format. Many of the "netlets" (MeTV 247 as one example) are like this, or if you watch the SD versions of channels.

    What you do with them is your choice, but I prefer for them to be shown / displayed in the original form. IOW - I don't care for the blown up / out that you're talking about.
     
  4. Nov 22, 2020 at 11:18 AM #4 of 5
    harsh

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    That's not something that is unique to DISH. You'll find that on any service that offers standard definition programming. You would have to ask the content providers why they are still offering SD channels but I suspect that it is because they don't want to pay to have the content recaptured in HD (assuming a film version is available).

    Some TVs handle the conversion better than others but in the end, they're filling in a lot of missing information. If you bought a bargain TV, perhaps you got what you paid for.
     
  5. Nov 22, 2020 at 12:33 PM #5 of 5
    James Long

    James Long Ready for Uplink! Staff Member Super Moderator

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    Not unique to DISH ... but they are one of the services that will take a HD feed and retransmit it in letterbox or squish the picture to fit a 4:3 window. I prefer the "squish" since I can stretch that to wide. Stretching a postage stamp letterbox in pillarbox to fill the screen is also possible but there are less active pixels on the screen at the start of the process.

    One thing we customers can do is make sure we are watching the HD feeds - when available. That drastically reduces the number of SD channels on the system.
     

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