How to downsize my picture to fit my screen for an old Pioneer Elite very absent.

/Yeah, I could join the 21st century, but I'm cheap.
//Still 53" of HD.

Best In The World: "Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome." - TS Elliot

I dated a honey named Sharika. Last year she invited me over 2 her housing development ta watch tha Super Bowl. Im like, damn, I don't really wanna watch this game up in tha projects but she got a fine ass & the ass is a convincing moderator. Plus she like "Bro, I copped me a new HDTV 50"" So I was like "word" and I come to her place. biatch had the TV set up with a coaxial cable running from her DirecTV dish that was nailed into a 2x4 in her window (cable is illegal in tha projects). I was so pissed cuz that ain't right 2 throw a SB party but only have a SD signal. That's entrapment & tha biatch probably bouth tha set on EBT anywayz. She gave me some love, tho. And when that was done I bailed & went 2 Mabel J's. He slangs rocks so his shiat is state of tha motherfarkin art. Prob should have gone thurrr 1st but Mabel's a dude.

You again.

Best In The World: "Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome." - TS Elliot

I dated a honey named Sharika. Last year she invited me over 2 her housing development ta watch tha Super Bowl. Im like, damn, I don't really wanna watch this game up in tha projects but she got a fine ass & the ass is a convincing moderator. Plus she like "Bro, I copped me a new HDTV 50"" So I was like "word" and I come to her place. biatch had the TV set up with a coaxial cable running from her DirecTV dish that was nailed into a 2x4 in her window (cable is illegal in tha projects). I was so pissed cuz that ain't right 2 throw a SB party but only have a SD signal. That's entrapment & tha biatch probably bouth tha set on EBT anywayz. She gave me some love, tho. And when that was done I bailed & went 2 Mabel J's. He slangs rocks so his shiat is state of tha motherfarkin art. Prob should have gone thurrr 1st but Mabel's a dude.

Does Wayne Brady have to but a biatch on ignore?

Best In The World: "Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome." - TS Elliot.

"brevity is the soul of wit"
-Polonius
^{Hamlet Act 2, scene 2, 86-92}

RTFM? Um yeah they don't have service menu codes/tweaks listed in the manual Subby

/that is where the real fun/nightmare begins

for HTPCs connected to a HDTV... a colorimeter is a must

Eye-One Display 2 at Amazon^

cheaper on eBay if you are keen for a hunt

GBmanNC: Any Pie Left: I have to be physically restrained from re-setting the TV's in waiting rooms, bars, and the like with their scaling/stretching/letterbox modes messed up. Makes me all stabby with a greenie.

I've got it worse. I've been caught adjusting peoples tvs when they go to the bathroom or something. Not just scaling either, brightness, contrast, color...

/"What do you MEAN you can't see that your brightness setting is 4 clicks too high and causing your contrast ratio to get ruined!?"

please don't be crushed if i tell you your blacks are crushed

RTFM = they made a cheap, shiatty interface.

MightyPez: American Decency Association: for HTPCs connected to a HDTV... a colorimeter is a must

Eye-One Display 2 at Amazon^

cheaper on eBay if you are keen for a hunt

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You have piqued my interest, sir. Can you offer details?

Looking on ebay they are insanely cheap compared to buying a new one on Amazon

Do you mean details of price or about these things in general? i was a little surprised by that Amazon price, although i wouldnt call what i paid on ebay insanely cheap.

In general tho, a colorimeter is not an alternative to a correctly adjusted TV, you will still need to do that before applying the device.

When used on a laptop screen with fewer user adjustments you might see a dramatic effect, especially with cheaper laptops where the hue may naturally be off. On high end TVs the effect starts to diminish which makes me slightly nervous about recommending one. The reason this thread even exists is that most people are oblivious to the subtleties of picture quality and simply dont know what theyre missing, and quite often still dont care when they do.

In my case shadow detail was very much increased, and initially the reduction in contrast took some getting used to.

If you are the kind of person who cares enough to adjusts the brightness each time you view a new disc, then a colorimeter is for you!

Any Pie Left: I have to be physically restrained from re-setting the TV's in waiting rooms, bars, and the like with their scaling/stretching/letterbox modes messed up. Makes me all stabby with a greenie.

Thus far ive been able to resist ringing peoples doorbells and offering to fix their TVs that i can see through their windows while im out walking the dog. My FIL bought a 42" LG LED SmartTV, top of the line... had it set somehow that the picture was letterboxed horizontally and vertically, little picture in the middle of the screen... The cable box was set wrong it turned out, but hed had it like a month and didnt really care. Why even bother buying a nice TV?

I'm sorry, did I just read that someone favorited Best In The World?

Don't feed the AWs, please. Especially that one.

Cyno01: Any Pie Left: I have to be physically restrained from re-setting the TV's in waiting rooms, bars, and the like with their scaling/stretching/letterbox modes messed up. Makes me all stabby with a greenie.

Thus far ive been able to resist ringing peoples doorbells and offering to fix their TVs that i can see through their windows while im out walking the dog. My FIL bought a 42" LG LED SmartTV, top of the line... had it set somehow that the picture was letterboxed horizontally and vertically, little picture in the middle of the screen... The cable box was set wrong it turned out, but hed had it like a month and didnt really care. Why even bother buying a nice TV?

So you can say you have a nice tv?

I watch my cable like that, and some DVDs, because TCM has a habit of showing a lot of Widescreen films, and I only get their SD feed (13 bucks extra a month, are you nuts!?). Some of my DVDs are non-anamorphic, so they don't stretch. Can't replace them with BD or even anamorphic DVDs because they just don't exist.

gozar_the_destroyer: scavenger: Turn everything off.
"But this has Color-Control System!"
Off
"But this has patented motion balance anti noise balance!"
OFF
"But...

Cable: OFF! (not HD 90% anyway)
DVD's: OFF! (480p is less than a quarter of the screen)
Any kind of player: OFF! (cheapest parts with nearly no processing power)
HDMI into computer: ON! (games on my coach, full clean up poor video using a good video card, all of YouTube, all of thepirat...

...sorry, there is a knock at the door

I have two Blu-ray players hooked up to my TV, as well as my desktop. Desktop is for gaming and PVRs of TCM. Desktop has BD burninator in it though, and does get some use for BD playback, but really, it's more for making BDs. Blu-ray player 1 is a Region a, while Blu-ray Player 2 is a hack job into a Region B. I still watch a lot of DVDs because a lot of stuff I have isn't available in HD, and probably never will be. Catalogue titles get no love really, it's all new, shiatty stuff.

fusillade762: Not really related to TFA, but I'm still pissed Comcast pulled my East Coast feed for Comedy Central. Whaddaya mean I have to wait until ELEVEN to watch The Daily Show. F*ck you Comcast. F*ck you sideways and upside down.

Snobby much? Now you know how us East Coasters feel.

BohemianGraham: Cyno01: Any Pie Left: I have to be physically restrained from re-setting the TV's in waiting rooms, bars, and the like with their scaling/stretching/letterbox modes messed up. Makes me all stabby with a greenie.

Thus far ive been able to resist ringing peoples doorbells and offering to fix their TVs that i can see through their windows while im out walking the dog. My FIL bought a 42" LG LED SmartTV, top of the line... had it set somehow that the picture was letterboxed horizontally and vertically, little picture in the middle of the screen... The cable box was set wrong it turned out, but hed had it like a month and didnt really care. Why even bother buying a nice TV?

So you can say you have a nice tv?

I watch my cable like that, and some DVDs, because TCM has a habit of showing a lot of Widescreen films, and I only get their SD feed (13 bucks extra a month, are you nuts!?). Some of my DVDs are non-anamorphic, so they don't stretch. Can't replace them with BD or even anamorphic DVDs because they just don't exist.

Your TV doesnt have a zoom setting for the aspect ratio?