black border on my new tv - have cable but not HD service: How do I get rid of that?
594803
I don't know if it's the same as my TV, but on my TV's remote there is a format button next to the MUTE button that will widen the picture.
955278
It depends. Like most HD televisions standard definition looks fine. If it's a tv station make sure your cable box is a HD box otherwise it will be fuzzy. Other devices such as consoles look fine just not as defined
1542293
More info... black bars on the top and bottom are normal, even on a widescreen tv.
78331
During the Quick Setup it asks you if your using an antenna or cable input. Make a choice and complete the setup. It will then scan the cable for the channels. I am not aware of the any black bands other than those created to fill in the right and left of the picture. Use the "view mode" to increase the size of the picture (stretch). I hope this helped.
1208740
If using an antenna or basic cable this is usually the result of a weak signal or a faulty/loose cable. If using HDMI could be a bad cable or loose connection. Try unplugging and then replugging the cable. With digital TV you either have a perfect picture or no picture at all.
1561937
I have never had this particular problem. Occasionally we have problems with it pixelating, but that was our cable/dish service-not the television.
1451377
I would try a different HDMI port on the TV. Some tv ports are not equal to others in the earlier TVs. The message sounds like a TV issue.
971154
One thing to check is your input signal. I thouvght my picture was "soap opera-y" too and have been trying things here and there to see what might make it better. One test I did was to change the output of my cable box from 1080i to 720p, when I did this it got way worse. So you might want to check to see if you have a similar setting on your cable box and check what it is set to. If it's already 1080i, some of the other suggestions might help. I'm getting DirecTV on Sunday and am hoping their 1080p HD will make some difference for the good... I'll let you know.
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I'm not entirely certain what you mean by "cubes up" but it sounds like you are referring to the small "frozen" sections in the image associated with signal loss. For cable, this is often limited to only certain channels but you should call your cable company and have them check the signal at your house. As for dark scenes being too dark, your TV should have different picture settings and the default is often dark. Try other settings and that should fix it.
1991664
It looks really blue on my TV and on my computer monitor. I looked at this question's answers and assumed it was a defect. But after exchanging it for a new one, I still have the same problem! :/
1307503
Greybar is default because it will prevent uneven wear on your HDTV when watching SD broadcasts. Unfortunately there are also network broadcasters that are taking 480P content and pushing it over a 1080i signal that tend to use black as well as highly luminescent static "bugs" or icons in the corner of the screens. The technical guys there are losing wars with the marketing guys -- to the detriment of the public.My recommentation is to stay with grey or to stretch or zoom the content.
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I think we're experiencing image burn-in on our 2 1/2-year-old 1080p LCD TV. When an HD show is on, there are now visible vertical lines marking where the sidebars of standard definition programs would be, almost as if a standard size screen were placed over the widescreen. There's also some shadowing in the top half of the standard screen area. This is most noticeable when the picture background is light colored. We had no idea this would happen. We were considering buying the Samsung model you've got, but we spend more than 5% of our TV time watching standard definition programs, and many of our DVD/Bluray movies have black bars on top and bottom. Maybe we'll just get by with our current set until the image burn-in problem is eliminated.
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I went into my Comcast cable box Menu setting and changed a setting called 4:3 Pulldown = Off. (Sorry can't remember if that was the exact name of Comcast's setting). My bars went from Gray to Black after that.
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This is probably coming from your cable box, which brings in a 1080i. My understanding is that the TV converts to 1080P. I am not sure about the Hz, but perhaps it is true there as well
471014
Check your tv settings on your tv menu, and make sure whatever device your using is HD ie PS3, cable, laptop etc
572396
Black and white picture may mean you're outputting in the wrong format. Make sure you've set the switch to PAL or NTSC (depending on the HDMI source)
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I'm unsure of the problem since I currently have digital cable connected to this tv. You should try calling your digital cable provider.