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Thanks for your help. Now I need to decide if I'm sticking with DirecTV or going back to the basic package from Dish Network and external antennae for HD locals. $90 a month seems a little steep if they can't get the HD content to display properly on a widescreen TV.

Sorry to be a pain but you're telling me that there's no way to change aspect ration on an HD channel even if its a non HD show. That completely sucks!!! Why would they not broadcast all of the content on an HD channel in16:9 when 100% of the new TVs are widescreen?

I'm not trying to strech 16:9 but 4:3. It says in the manual that came with my receiver that if a non HD prgram comes in 4:3 that it can be stretched or cropped. When I select crop or stretch it doesn't change a thing unless I switch the HDTV option from 16:9 to 4:3.

That answers some questions but I don't understand that if I switch to 4:9 I then can stretch or crop.

This is only for my locals. I was told my locals come through as HD and SD(depending on how they're being broadcasted) on the same channel. This happens to every show and every local channel regardless of SD or HD. The ones that are in HD came through in windscreen. The sd are in 4:9 and can't...

I just got Directv today and I'm having issues with the format options. Whenever I select the 16:9 I can't use the stretch/crop options. But if I select 4:3 I'm able to cycle through the format options. I have tried selecting /deselecting 480i-1080i without any luck. Is this user error or a...