can't change aspect ratio I'm sure I'm missing something simple somewhere, but I'm unable to alter the aspect ratio on my Sony Bravia when watching thru the Toshiba 560 connected via HDMI. I make the change via the setup menu (and have also tried adjustments with the HDMI button on the remote) but am unable to affect the output. I'm wondering if there is a conflict somewhere? What is the reason that HD programming (not analog) is letterboxed, and only when viewing thru the Toshiba?I also have the Comcast Motorola DVR connected directly to the Sony via an HDMI cable as well, and the Toshiba is connected to the Comcast box with RCA cables. (and the shin bone is connected to the...LOL).These connections were made with suggestions from Toshiba's customer service. Any help is really appreciated. can't change aspect ratio I'm sure I'm missing something simple somewhere, but I'm unable to alter the aspect ratio on my Sony Bravia when watching thru the Toshiba 560 connected... » Read More can't change aspect ratio I'm sure I'm missing something simple somewhere, but I'm unable to alter the aspect ratio on my Sony Bravia when watching thru the Toshiba 560 connected via HDMI. I make the change via the setup menu (and have also tried adjustments with the HDMI button on the remote) but am unable to affect the output. I'm wondering if there is a conflict somewhere? What is the reason that HD programming (not analog) is letterboxed, and only when viewing thru the Toshiba?I also have the Comcast Motorola DVR connected directly to the Sony via an HDMI cable as well, and the Toshiba is connected to the Comcast box with RCA cables. (and the shin bone is connected to the...LOL).These connections were made with suggestions from Toshiba's customer service. Any help is really appreciated. « Show Less
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I wasted ten blank discs trying every possible way to set it I could imagine, and spent more than an hour with a Toshiba technician trying to make it work. It doesn't. I wish I could buy a new one like my old Sony warhorse -- it worked without a flaw for over 6 years. (BYW, none of the three below 'solutions' work.)
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It suppose to choose hdmi(arc) first, then optical, and then analog if hdmi and optical is not connected. My nr828 shows analog only. And you cant change it manualy like i do on my cambridge audio. Interesting fact that when you look to your connections in setting it doesnt show that i have an analog connection because i dont, and shows the optical one as i used optical cable to connect my tv, despite that fact that i have an ARC hdmi on my tv
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Not sure. There is an adapter provided that accommodates coaxial cable to the antenna port, using the Dish tuner for channel selection. Get a high-gain antenna, use coaxial cable, get your channels off the air, your best bet. I own one, I bought it for the TV feature too. In my humble opinion, you can find a better unit. I do not like the button arrangement on the remote control. There is no "zoom in" feature for a full widescreen effect on home recorded dvd's and keep the original aspect ratio. I regret this purchase.I ended up getting a Sony DVP-FX750, the predecessor to the current DVP-FX780, and am satisfied with it, though the Sony does not have TV. Not sure. There is an adapter provided that accommodates coaxial cable to the antenna port, using the Dish tuner for channel selection. Get a high-gain antenna, use coaxial cable, get your channels off the air, your best bet. I own one, I bought it for the TV feature too. In my humble opinion, you can find a better unit. I do not like the button arrangement on the remote control. There is no "zoom in" feature for a full widescreen effect on home recorded dvd's and keep the original aspect ratio. I regret this purchase.I ended up getting a Sony DVP-FX750, the... » Read More Not sure. There is an adapter provided that accommodates coaxial cable to the antenna port, using the Dish tuner for channel selection. Get a high-gain antenna, use coaxial cable, get your channels off the air, your best bet. I own one, I bought it for the TV feature too. In my humble opinion, you can find a better unit. I do not like the button arrangement on the remote control. There is no "zoom in" feature for a full widescreen effect on home recorded dvd's and keep the original aspect ratio. I regret this purchase.I ended up getting a Sony DVP-FX750, the predecessor to the current DVP-FX780, and am satisfied with it, though the Sony does not have TV. « Show Less
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Adjust the aspect ratio of your television/projector/display. You are likely zoomed in causing the edges of the image from the DMP-BD70V to be pushed off screen. If you test this against other sources, e.g. cable/satellite television, or computer, you should notice graphics close to the edges of the display being cut off. If other sources display correctly consult the DMP-BD70V manual for aspect ratio settings. Look for "Aspect", "Zoom", "Normal", "Letterbox", "16:9", "4:3" keyword when researching this issue further. Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any additional information concerning the issue. Thanks Adjust the aspect ratio of your television/projector/display. You are likely zoomed in causing the edges of the image from the DMP-BD70V to be pushed off screen. If you test this against other sources, e.g. cable/satellite television, or computer, you should notice graphics close to the edges of the display being cut off. If other sources display correctly consult the DMP-BD70V manual for aspect ratio settings. Look for "Aspect", "Zoom", "Normal", "Letterbox", "16:9", "4:3" keyword when researching this issue further. Hope this... » Read More Adjust the aspect ratio of your television/projector/display. You are likely zoomed in causing the edges of the image from the DMP-BD70V to be pushed off screen. If you test this against other sources, e.g. cable/satellite television, or computer, you should notice graphics close to the edges of the display being cut off. If other sources display correctly consult the DMP-BD70V manual for aspect ratio settings. Look for "Aspect", "Zoom", "Normal", "Letterbox", "16:9", "4:3" keyword when researching this issue further. Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any additional information concerning the issue. Thanks « Show Less
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On the side of the converter, there is a little red hole that has 2 white switches labeled 1 and 2, flip those until you can get color. I found that mine works best when switch 1 is down and 2 is up. It took me a couple of days to finally figure this stupid thing out. I did find that the S-Video cable works better. So if your TV has a S-Video input, I would recommend using the S-Video. Mine FINALLY works. So don't give up on it just yet. It can be frustrating in the beginning. Also, I found that mine works best when I have the resolution set to the best for my laptop (1366 X 768). This may look like it doesn't show all of your computer, but just hit the zoom button. This should fix it. Also, you can change your display settings to display the same thing on your TV as on your computer or you can extend the screens where all you do is click and drag the window you want to see to your TV screen (usually to the right or left side of your monitor). Once you see the window on your TV, hit the Maximize button and it will fit the window to your TV. Now you can watch a movie on your TV while still surfing the net or whatever you want on your computer. Also, for sound, you will need a 3.5mm to 2 RCA plug cord to plug into your computer (this will allow you to adjust the sound on your TV). I about gave up on mine, but am TRULY GLAD that I did not. If you are wanting to use your TV for a monitor, I would recommend just changing the text size on your computer. This might fix it. But you should still use the graphics that is best for your computer (I have a laptop). After experimenting, I found that white writing on a black background (movie credits) is easier to view than words on a white background (yahoo home page). I hope this helps and you can get things figured out! Good Luck!!! :-)
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Rich, why do you feel you really need to tweek this TV so much. You stated that my earlier reply back to you, was not useful. Do you own this tv? IF not, no wonder you didn't like my reply. This television only involves minor tweeking of the Contrast and the backlight. This will drastically result in a better picture than those 3 standard settings. Do not mess with the color pallettes or anything elso at that matter. They are set perfectly to accomadate Toshiba's hd dvd players and so forth. hd input source from hd dish network/direct tv also looks great. If you are really into tweeking your set, my guess is that it will only hurt you with this tv. Toshiba really did a great job on this t.v. Not much messing around. It reallylooks wonderful straight out of the box. I would just set the contrast and backlight. thats it!!!
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You might need to change a seting on your tv, I had to change mine from "Set by program to 16:9" to display widescreen.
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ATT cable box - under settings menu, there is an option to change the aspect ratio, try if that helps.
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Could you please be more specific? What if I just go straight from the blu-ray player to my Sony Bravia with a HDMI cable? How does the receiver enter into the mix? I am not seeing any upscaling either.
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Adeka, the box worked perfectly on several TV's that had the video set to 720p but did not work on my TVs set to 1080p. The Customer Sat person told me that it should have been configurable which he claimed was a defect. I could not get it to work on my TV's and decided to return the device and not receive a replacement.
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I think I had the same problem. Check that you have the tv on AV 1 or 2 depending on where you are plugged in. My best suggestion is to call Toshibia customer service (# in the instruction guide). I called 3 times and they literally walked me through what cable goes where and stayed on the phone while I hooked everything up and tested it. They were great.My only issue now is that after I got eveything hooked up with audio/video cables, I tried HDMI cables and I couldn't figure it out. I got it to work, but didn't see much of a difference. Since I know there is supposed to be a huge difference, I guess I'm doing something wrong. Any suggestions welcome. I think I had the same problem. Check that you have the tv on AV 1 or 2 depending on where you are plugged in. My best suggestion is to call Toshibia customer service (# in the instruction guide). I called 3 times and they literally walked me through what cable goes where and stayed on the phone while I hooked everything up and tested it. They were great.My only issue now is that after I got eveything hooked up with audio/video cables, I tried HDMI cables and I couldn't figure it out. I got it to work, but didn't see much of a difference. Since I know there is supposed to be a huge... » Read More I think I had the same problem. Check that you have the tv on AV 1 or 2 depending on where you are plugged in. My best suggestion is to call Toshibia customer service (# in the instruction guide). I called 3 times and they literally walked me through what cable goes where and stayed on the phone while I hooked everything up and tested it. They were great.My only issue now is that after I got eveything hooked up with audio/video cables, I tried HDMI cables and I couldn't figure it out. I got it to work, but didn't see much of a difference. Since I know there is supposed to be a huge difference, I guess I'm doing something wrong. Any suggestions welcome. « Show Less
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I have had the Bravia EX400 for about a week and love it. But alas, it does not have variable audio output, only one fixed audio out. This is suprising given all the other options this TV offers. I resorted to using the fixed audio output to my Yamaha receiver. I control the volume with my Yamaha remote. This is definitely worth doing since the TV's speakers have subpar sound quality. I agree with you R. Illingworth-variable audio output should be a standard feature. (Sony does have variable output in more expensive models.)
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Dear B. Cameron There are at least two reasons why you might want a DVD recorder with a built in tuner. 1. In my case, I don't have a TV with a digital (ATSC) tuner. I have a 2003 HD television with an analog (NTSC) tuner, and I receive my TV signal over-the-air via an outdoor antenna. When the digital transition occurred earlier this year, I had a limited number of choices if I wanted to keep my current TV and free OTA set-up: I could buy a converter box and have the digital signal converted to analog for my TV; I could buy an external digital tuner; or I could buy a DVD player with a built in digital tuner and get the best possible picture with a DVD player/recorder thrown in to boot. I chose the last option and bought the Toshiba DR560. My set-up has some drawbacks... like, if the DVD player breaks I get no TV signal while it's in the shop, and I can't record one program and watch another at the same time; but over all I'm happy with it because it is just what I need and no more. If you have a similar set-up and have questions of a more specific nature, I'd be glad to respond. 2. The QAM tuner should allow you to receive and record unscrambled digital cable channels directly, without renting a set-top box. Cable providers don't advertise this, and some may even insist that it isn't true; but they are required by the FCC to provide rebroadcasts of locally broadcast programs in analog, or in unencrypted HD digital format, so that customers are not forced to rent their digital-to-analog set top boxes. You will only receive unscrambled signals of locally broadcast programs in this way, and these may vary from locale to locale. I do not have any personal experience with this set-up, but if you are interested, there is a more in depth description at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_tuner. There may be other advantages to having a tuner included in the DVD recorder/player, but I wouldn't know `cause I'm not that well versed in the technology. Hope this was helpful.
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You must use RCA video or S-video (best picture quality) from your SAT to the Toshiba. Otherwise you can't use a tunerless unit.
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Absolutely no clue. I don't own a Toshiba TV/DVD. I have a Phillips VCR/DVD combination. Therefore I bought a Phillips remote. I know less than nothing about any other devices.
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I have had the Bravia EX400 for about a week and love it. But alas, it does not have variable audio output, only one fixed audio out. This is suprising given all the other options this TV offers. I resorted to using the fixed audio output to my Yamaha receiver. I control the volume with my Yamaha remote. This is definitely worth doing since the TV's speakers have subpar sound quality.I agree with you R. Illingworth-variable audio output should be a standard feature. (Sony does have variable output in more expensive models.)
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Sadly, after watching an "Aliens" DVD on this new BDP-350 I think the upconversion is inferior to my now disconnected Toshiba A-3. My plasma is a 2005 Panasonic 480p EDTV, the best ever made before the resolution was phased out, and the difference is obvious and painful. Resolution is set to "auto" which seems to be the same as 480p.Maybe I've missed something. Anyone out there have any suggestions? Thank you.