Ok.....lets start from the beginning. I recently upgraded to a Samsung 50 inch DLP HDTV. I bought a Samsung HDTV receiver to go with it. (the DirecTV one)
My first new discovery was that not all component inputs are equal. The first one does 480i. The next two can do 480p,720p, or 1080i. I didn't realize this could be a problem until I went to hook up the Xbox to play some high res DOA on it. To access the Xbox console (to change any settings) you must be connected to a 480i input. Tp PLAY a high res game you must be connected to one of the other two inputs! How retarded is this?
Anyway, that was the first thing that pissed me off.
Then I find that widescreen movies still have black bars on the top and bottom, only smaller than on a normal TV, yet they still appear to be stretched wide in widescreen mode? WTF? So I find that the zoom1 mode fills the screen nicely while not appearing stretched out, you just lose the edges a bit. Ok, I can deal with that. BUT, then I find out that when connected to one of the higher rews inputs you lose the zoom ability (built in to the TV-the aspect ratio button).
Ok this pisses me off
At least when viewing regular DirecTV channels I can still swith to "normal" aspect ratio and see a non stretched picture.
SO, then I hear that the best connection is to use the DVI input direct in from the HDTV receiver. So I hook it up that way and then I find I lose the "normal" aspect ratio option and unless viewing an HDTV channel have to watch stretched TV channels!!!!
Ok now I'm really pissed!!!
Am I doing something wrong or is this just the way it is? I personally cant stand watching stretched out pictures that make everyone look fat. You would think after spendin tons of money on all this stuff that a correct aspect ratio picture wouldn't be too much to ask for......
I am about to go back to component hookups so at least regular TV channels will look right.
Anyone else have this TV or a similar problem? What about the XBox issue, anyone figure out an easier way then reconnecting the cable differently to play or configure games?
My first new discovery was that not all component inputs are equal. The first one does 480i. The next two can do 480p,720p, or 1080i. I didn't realize this could be a problem until I went to hook up the Xbox to play some high res DOA on it. To access the Xbox console (to change any settings) you must be connected to a 480i input. Tp PLAY a high res game you must be connected to one of the other two inputs! How retarded is this?
Anyway, that was the first thing that pissed me off.
Then I find that widescreen movies still have black bars on the top and bottom, only smaller than on a normal TV, yet they still appear to be stretched wide in widescreen mode? WTF? So I find that the zoom1 mode fills the screen nicely while not appearing stretched out, you just lose the edges a bit. Ok, I can deal with that. BUT, then I find out that when connected to one of the higher rews inputs you lose the zoom ability (built in to the TV-the aspect ratio button).
Ok this pisses me off
At least when viewing regular DirecTV channels I can still swith to "normal" aspect ratio and see a non stretched picture.
SO, then I hear that the best connection is to use the DVI input direct in from the HDTV receiver. So I hook it up that way and then I find I lose the "normal" aspect ratio option and unless viewing an HDTV channel have to watch stretched TV channels!!!!
Ok now I'm really pissed!!!
Am I doing something wrong or is this just the way it is? I personally cant stand watching stretched out pictures that make everyone look fat. You would think after spendin tons of money on all this stuff that a correct aspect ratio picture wouldn't be too much to ask for......
I am about to go back to component hookups so at least regular TV channels will look right.
Anyone else have this TV or a similar problem? What about the XBox issue, anyone figure out an easier way then reconnecting the cable differently to play or configure games?