Samsung HDTV Box Help?

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I have DTV HD, using the Samsung box. I watch 4:3 programming in its
original format, using the black bars at the sides. I don't like to see it
stretched.

I was looking at the Samsung remote and opened up the slide-door at the
bottom of it which revealed several buttons, so I started messing with them
a little. The "Format" button changes the picture from full to panorama to
pillar box and a few others. The "Res" button translates the interlacing to
either Native formats (Native 1, Native 2 or Native 3), or a fixed
interlacing format such as 1080i, etc.

So here's my problem -- after changing around some format and res options, I
find that the black bars now taking up a bit more real estate on the screen,
rendering 4:3 pictures to be smaller than before. In addition, the DTV
messaging at the top now conforms to the format, either 4:3 or 16:9, instead
of defaulting always to 16:9, which I liked better. Finally, now it takes a
lot, a lot longer to change channels, especially going from HD channels to
standard channels, now visibly showing you the motions it goes through to
make the res changes.

When I go to an HD channel that's not showing an HD program, the black bars
are the size they were before -- it's on the non-HD channels that the black
bars now take up more real estate.

My issue is that I can't get it back to the way it was. I've tried every
combination between the "Format and "Res" buttons and none of them are
making it the way it was before.

Is anyone familiar with what I'm talking about and can help? Do you know
what the defaults for these buttons are supposed to be? The Samsung user
manual doesn't say.

Thanks for your help.

Chuck

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Thanks, Clark -- your input helped me solve my problem.

"Clark" <who@whoknows.com> wrote in message
news:1dM5d.1719$q67.1207@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
> Did you change anything on your TV while you were hitting buttons?
>
> Are you using the same Output Connection you were using before (component
or
> RGB, etc)?
>
> Pages 16-18 have all the different picture formats you can get, depending
on
> your monitor. It basically depends on what you like. I think Pillar Box
is
> default, with Component (YPbPr) and guessing 1080i. If you use one of the
> Native modes, the output will change depending on the signal source, which
> takes some time. I normally leave mine set on 1080i since my TV won't do
> 720 and I don't like waiting for it to change.
>
> Clark
>
>
> "Chuck Hildebrandt" <mcmlxi@enteract.com> wrote in message
> news:m3H5d.717$Rf1.665@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
> >I have DTV HD, using the Samsung box. I watch 4:3 programming in its
> > original format, using the black bars at the sides. I don't like to see
> > it
> > stretched.
> >
> > I was looking at the Samsung remote and opened up the slide-door at the
> > bottom of it which revealed several buttons, so I started messing with
> > them
> > a little. The "Format" button changes the picture from full to panorama
> > to
> > pillar box and a few others. The "Res" button translates the
interlacing
> > to
> > either Native formats (Native 1, Native 2 or Native 3), or a fixed
> > interlacing format such as 1080i, etc.
> >
> > So here's my problem -- after changing around some format and res
options,
> > I
> > find that the black bars now taking up a bit more real estate on the
> > screen,
> > rendering 4:3 pictures to be smaller than before. In addition, the DTV
> > messaging at the top now conforms to the format, either 4:3 or 16:9,
> > instead
> > of defaulting always to 16:9, which I liked better. Finally, now it
takes
> > a
> > lot, a lot longer to change channels, especially going from HD channels
to
> > standard channels, now visibly showing you the motions it goes through
to
> > make the res changes.
> >
> > When I go to an HD channel that's not showing an HD program, the black
> > bars
> > are the size they were before -- it's on the non-HD channels that the
> > black
> > bars now take up more real estate.
> >
> > My issue is that I can't get it back to the way it was. I've tried
every
> > combination between the "Format and "Res" buttons and none of them are
> > making it the way it was before.
> >
> > Is anyone familiar with what I'm talking about and can help? Do you
know
> > what the defaults for these buttons are supposed to be? The Samsung
user
> > manual doesn't say.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
>
>