I have a 40" widescreen samsung LCD HDTV. It displays in 720p or 1080i. I have comcast with the HD box, my other HD chanels display beautiful widescreen images. I%26#39;m watchin the universal HD network what%26#39;s going on?
Answer:
Universal HD broadcasts in 720p and 1080i. It does not broadcast in 1080p. Most of the older shows were originally recorded in 4:3, so you will not get widescreen.
For example, I watch Northern Exposure that came out in the early 90%26#39;s and it is broadcast in 1080i, but in 4:3. New shows like Monk or Battlestar Galactica, they will all be in 16:9.
By definition, HD does not mean widescreen. It just means it is broadcast in 720p, 1080i or 1080p. There are different settings you can use for that. Mine has 4 settings, wide-zoom, full zoom, and two others. I had to locate the right button on the remote to use by searching through the manual that came with the TV. I finally figured out how to change those picture shapes %26 sizes. There should be a button for that on your Tv remote. Good luck ! If the original programming was shot in the old 4:3 format, you cannot stretch the picture to fill a 16:9 screen without distorting it. So the network will actually broadcast the show in the native 4:3 aspect ratio and add black bars to fill the screen. Your TV cannot distinguish the difference between the black bars and the image so it thinks that is displaying a full 16:9 picture. Universal HD transmits at 1080i NOT 1080p
Check http://www.universalhd.com/faq/...
However, are you sure you are eligible to get it in HD?
Maybe you just get a "teaser" or preview.
Check also your Aspect mode on either the set-top box or the TV.
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