no black bars, but grey?

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"SL" <pillott@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello group,
>
> I have an RCA D52W20 HDTV. When zooming my analog cable to its native 4:3
> settings, I get the typical bars on the left/right. The bars are a light
> grey. Is there a way to change this?
>
> SL
>
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There may be, but why?
Grey bars are better since they even out phosphor burn.

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Ahh...thanks for the answers to both of you. I guess it just takes a little
getting used to.

Thanks again,
SL
"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
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> SL (pillott@yahoo.com) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
>> I have an RCA D52W20 HDTV. When zooming my analog cable to its native
>> 4:3
>> settings, I get the typical bars on the left/right. The bars are a light
>> grey. Is there a way to change this?
>
> No.
>
> RCA chose to use grey bars to minimize the chance of burn-in.
>
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Broadcasters and some other video sources like cable / satellite boxes
deliberately use gray rather than black for letter-boxing. The intent is to
reduce the risk of uneven "burn-in" of CRT or plasma TV phosphors. The
choice of gray provides an average brightness which is roughly equal to the
surrounding picture, thereby making the phosphor surface wear / burn
uniformly.

As a side benefit, some people, including me (and apparently Bill below)
prefer it.

Smarty


"Bill Sharpe" <billsharpe@nsadelphia.net> wrote in message
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> SL wrote:
>> Hello group,
>>
>> I have an RCA D52W20 HDTV. When zooming my analog cable to its native
>> 4:3 settings, I get the typical bars on the left/right. The bars are a
>> light grey. Is there a way to change this?
>>
>> SL
>>
>>
> KCBS-HD in Los Angeles shows light gray bars when showing SD programs.
> Other HD stations have black bars. Personally I prefer the gray as less
> distracting.
>
> Bill