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    HD DVR question about recording.

    Thank you, I guess that is all i could hope for at this point, that I can live with
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    HD DVR question about recording.

    great question, I dont mind the SD recording at all, but i would want it in widescreen if it is in that aspect ratio
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    HD DVR question about recording.

    so how do i record HD? so basically if i get a VIP622 or 722 i cant record anything of hd programing , or are you saying even if it is broadcast it will still only record sd?
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    HD DVR question about recording.

    Hi, hope everyone is doing well, I hope I am putting this in the right forum. I currently have a 625MPG2 DP Plus SD DVR reciever, I am thinking about upgrading so i can have a HD DVR reciever and it will broadcast SD to the bedroom. I have a digital DVD stand alone recorder which records...
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    thanks for all the excellent responses I never knew you could have your reciever "add" stations if you have an anntenna. Is there something you have to do, and it will show up in your guide? and here is another, since i am getting the stations off of cable, can i hook the cable up to my...
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    thanks for catching that one, sometimes this all gets so confusing.
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    probinson & MrDogDad, thank you both for replying i am stunned that none of the folks seem to know what i going on (at the station and DN) just to throw this question out there, but when the HD conversion happens, do you think this prob with disapear?
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    I want to be able to see the shows as they are created. if it is in widescreen, then i want to see it in either widescreen/letterbox. if Superboy throws some one through a wall, i want to see it. blowing up and distorting a picture is wrong. The folks at NBC New York were not thrilled that...
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    excellent homemade anntenna probinson ..cool job and photo
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    well I called New York, and they told me it is the local affiliate the guy at the local affiliate says its new york and DN csr's know nothing at all
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    they would prob not work as far as getting them off air, because they are fuzzy as crap on a regular tv
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    Thanks guys. so i called a tech person over at WFMJ in Youngstown. he says that it is due to something called "Automatic Format Decscriptor" Due to the fact that all the less educated amoung us would prefer to see a "full frame"/blown up/cropped version of the picture and have...
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    if that is the case it is wrong , I am getting an altered picture. one of the csr basically said that i am losing nothing of the picture. How come the DN CSR's do not know this is happening? is there anything we can do to get them to change it?
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    it is sd. crappy old cable
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    Wrong aspect ratio on some channels

    Hi newbie here to the forum. I am located in PA/Ohio border. I have both Cable and DN. I first noticed the problem on our local station WFMJ out of youngstown. When I look at the cable, the picture is being sent out in widescreen. when i flick it over to dish, the picture is zoomed in to...