Can not fill Screen in Local HD

[Dzedo]

I have just had the D* H20 and the 5 LNB ODU installed, we are in the Tampa Bay area. I get great signal strength from the 70s to 100.

I can not get full screen width on locally broadcast HD –NBC-8, CBS-10, FOX-13, ABC-28, ie News or other locally generated HD programs. [ Network originated HD programs come in full width over these same channels such as NCIS, Miami CSI ect. and the D* channels 72,73 - - - 79 are super.] I have about a 2 inch bar on either side and I’ve tried everything I know to get it to stretch out and I am worried about burn in on my plasma TV, it is a 42 inch Toshiba that accepts all formats, I am using an HDMI input cable. We have 2 channels for each station, one is SD and one is HD. The SD channel @480I will fill the screen, The local HD channel broadcasting @ 1080i or 720p will not fill the screen. I hope some clever person can tell me what I need to do to get a full screen on the local channels.

Dzedo

 

[charper1]

Not all digital programs are 16:9 (some say widescreen), some are actually digital and still 4:3 (some say square or regular) not all digital programs are HD. You options on non-widescreen material viewed on a widescreen tv is to either stretch or letterbox (some say bars or pillars). This is a great area to read. http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=9058

 

[bwaldron]

The SD content on the HD channels is upconverted by the local affiliates and transmitted with the bars as part of the signal. Unless your TV allows stretching/zooming of 720/1080 content (some do, many don't), you will have to live with the bars when watching those channels, or watch the SD versions which you can stretch.

 

[Jimbo]

I have just had the D* H20 and the 5 LNB ODU installed, we are in the Tampa Bay area. I get great signal strength from the 70s to 100.
I can not get full screen width on locally broadcast HD –NBC-8, CBS-10, FOX-13, ABC-28, ie News or other locally generated HD programs. [ Network originated HD programs come in full width over these same channels such as NCIS, Miami CSI ect. and the D* channels 72,73 - - - 79 are super.] I have about a 2 inch bar on either side and I’ve tried everything I know to get it to stretch out and I am worried about burn in on my plasma TV, it is a 42 inch Toshiba that accepts all formats, I am using an HDMI input cable. We have 2 channels for each station, one is SD and one is HD. The SD channel @480I will fill the screen, The local HD channel broadcasting @ 1080i or 720p will not fill the screen. I hope some clever person can tell me what I need to do to get a full screen on the local channels.
Dzedo

You could call the local networks and ask them if it is in HD, I think it is (as mentioned above) digital but not HD, still better picture, but not HD.

Jimbo