no black bars, but grey?. Archived from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv () 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...

with my sony was to download a grey scale to a memory stick, and i popped it in the tv. i then set the contrast lower until i could distinguish between the last two dark bars on the grey scale(the black and the bar next to it). then i lightened the picture...

the option of black bars as well, > so > viewers can counter the grey bars added during broadcast. >> W² >> Archived from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv () Whats the diference between the black bars and the grey ones? I was told one of them helps reduce...

without a hint of burn-in. Reports of burn-in for plasmas in normal household use are rare in the plasma & LCD forum at Alan F Do you have a color option for the bars? How about an "orbit" option? If you make the bars grey instead of black and orbit...

screen isn't used, and there can be burn-in effects, depending on the display technology. > Is there an option to > display content in 4x3, perhaps with black vertical bars on the sides? Yes. The bars may also be grey. > The > ability to automatically...

when they go to the in-car > cameras, they just use black bars on the sides. I actually got a tape > measure and measured the black bars. (It's nascar, I was bored) The bar on > the left side measured 4.125" in the middle, but the bar on the right > measured...

alt.tv.tech.hdtv () Side Bars are grey so when the customer chooses to use the 4X3, which does not fill the whole screen, that the burn-in of the side bars takes longer to occur. Question, have you noticed the same effect (colour fading or drop out)...

each side. >> Any clarification on this appreciated! > In short, the black bars are added at the network (?) to send you a 16:9 picture. This is true with all non-hd programing. HD programming will be in 16:9 and not have the black bars. The black...

Murray >> "Whatever..." There is no option on the Toshiba to change the grey bars to black. I usually use the Theater 1 setting instead of dealing with any color bars. With the Theater 1 setting there is very little distortion...just a little...

things. For example, most of the off-air HD channels around here use black bars on the sides of 4 x 3 stuff, but KABC stretches their 4 x 3 programs so that the black bars are much smaller and everyone looks slightly fat. KCET, the local PBS, rarely...