Superstations cropped

[Pinchhitter]

Does anyone know why KTLA, KWGN, and WSBK have the left and right sides of the screen cropped off? WWOR and WPIX are shrunk to fit right in the middle of the screen. Will Dish be able to do the same with the other 3 superstations so we can see the entire picture?

At least with WWOR and WPIX are widescreen and you can zoom make it fit your tv screen.

Any insight would be great. Thanks.

 

[The Fat Man]

I assume that it's the way the channels broadcast their SD signal. The only one I get is WSBK, as I'm in its market.

 

[kc1ih]

The stations no longer broadcast an SD signal, but it sounds like Dish is downconverting them to SD.

 

[RONZ]

The stations no longer broadcast an SD signal, but it sounds like Dish is downconverting them to SD.

Yes, to correct this problem you can turn off the auto feature on the TV and set the screen to whatever you want. METV does the same thing over the air

 

[dare2be]

There is nothing to correct on your TV if the content is being cropped before it reaches your receiver.

MeTV has the same issue. They recently changed many of their affiliates to widescreen yet the Dish-delivered version is still in 4x3 mode.

 

[Pinchhitter]

It is curious that 2 of the superstations (WWOR and WPIX) do not have this issue.

 

[Pinchhitter]

Thank you Dish, all superstitions are now in widescreen. Thank you.

 

[PeggyD]

It would have been nice to have KTLA in widescreen for Vin Scully's last games.

 

[dishrich]

Thank you Dish, all superstitions are now in widescreen. Thank you.

2nd this...& you know, now that they are (all) properly in widescreen, even in SD when you zoom these in, the picture is a little better to me, than they were before