What happened to HD Channels

[birkoff]

HD channels use to be in a letterbox format on my TV ('normal' format), but
now it looks like I have a 'stretched' screen (either that or football players got
15% taller in one week....steroids?). I can't seem to format the HD channels
so they 'look right', even when I try partial zoom, stretch, partial zoom, and
gray bar.

Did dish change the format standards. Did they reduce HD?

 

[bkimbler]

Hit the format button on your remote. On mine is the "*" button in the lower left corner.

If you did this already I apologize. There is no change on my Dish HD.

 

[skyviewmark]

Make sure no one changed the format on your actual TV itself.. You man have to have the original TV Remote to solve this one..

 

[n0qcu]

Also it never hurts to pull the plug on the receiver for a few seconds to reset it.

 

[Pepper]

Sounds like you have a 4x3 HDTV set like I do. Check the output resolution of the box and make sure it hasn't defaulted back to 480.

 

[birkoff]

I'm so stupid. So I unplugged the box, let it re-set. Then the TV came on and it said Video 3....which means it was on the 'standard' display
video input. So I moved the Sony up to Video 5 input and it was the HD format. I'm just an old man who forgets how to control all the
technology. Have I told any of you how you can buy channel contact cleaner and spray it into the channel selector so you have good
contacts? If that doesn't work, you can giggle the selector switch and get a good picture.

 

[3HaloODST]

Have I told any of you how you can buy channel contact cleaner and spray it into the channel selector so you have good
contacts? If that doesn't work, you can giggle the selector switch and get a good picture.

...Are you speaking English?

 

[Dirtydan]

LMAO, I used to do that.

 

[gludwick]

...Are you speaking English?

Yes, he is.but you must be over 55 or 60 to understand it!

 

[navychop]

Oh yeah. I impressed some folks with that "trick." Too bad they were my folks, who promptly decided they didn't need to buy a new TV after all. It was a few more years before we moved to "color."