My TV picture keeps stretching beyond the screen. Can I adjust it?

SOURCE: Panasonic plasma

go in to your tv's menu and go in to picture settings , you either have the zoom function on or its been set on 4:3. check these and if zooms on turn it off or if 4:3 is on switch to 16:9

Jerry Greenberg

• 1691 Answers
• Posted on May 29, 2008

SOURCE: full screen problem

These sets work best in their native mode. Your DVD player most likely cannot address the set in its native mode.

When not in the native mode, the aspect ratio has to be compromised.

You should call Viewsonic for more detailed information and if there are any offsets that you can adjust.

Jerry G.

SOURCE: picture self adjusts to the right only showing patial picture

I have a copy of your onwer's manual and the TV might be doing the Image Position automatically on page 32.
I would try the system reset button on the back of the TV, it should be below your Cable In port.
This will do a cold system reboot and restore your TV back to factory setting. This should restore the View Mode problems.

SOURCE: I have a mitsubishi diamond

This model should use the STK-392-040 CHIPS.

The real question here is how did you get at or gain access to replace the chips?

I will make some assumptions: you did a good job soldering the new ones in, you did not use an electric screw gun to replace the screws that hold the board into the frame; if you removed the center board to get at them I need to advise you here of some common pitfalls that happen.

The more you can tell me the better I will be able to assist you.

SD TECH (San Diego area)

DILLIGAF

• 1140 Answers
• Posted on Jan 19, 2011

SOURCE: Mitsubishi WS 73907 connected through

Hello artasylum,

My favourite subject - aspect ratios and screen resolution . . .

It's only possible to have the picture fill the screen with no distortion if the transmitted picture is the same size as the screen. Your screen has a 16:9 X:Y (horizontal:vertical) aspect ratio. Therefore, if a transmitted program is also in 16:9 (wide) format you will be able to have the entire screen filled without distorting the picture. If the transmitted program is in 4:3 (narrow) format, you can either have black/grey bars at the sides or stretch it to fill the entire screen. You can stretch it without distorting it but this means both horizontal and vertical dimensions need to be stretched by the same percentage. This will result in the top and bottom of the picture being cut off.

To put it in the simplest terms, you cannot fit a square into a rectangle without stretching the square. If you want to keep a square as a square and fill a rectangle with it, then two sides of the square will not be within the boundaries of the rectangle.

This is not a fault with the equipment. There isn't a universal format setting which will fill the screen for all aspect ratios of transmitted programs without having black bars at the sides on some programs or cropping the picture at the top and bottom on others. It is a case of personal preference and you may need to adjust the format when changing from channel to channel to suit your own requirements.

The correct setting on your TV to ensure you have a full-screen picture for all programs is "STANDARD". On this setting, 16:9 pictures will fill the screen with no cropping or distortion. 4:3 pictures will also fill the screen on this setting, but will be stretched at the sides.

However, if you have set your TV to "STANDARD" and pictures are cut off at the top and bottom on some channels, this will be due to an incorrect picture format setting on your cable box. This can be further complicated if your cable box is HD as resolution also has to be taken into account.

If you have any further questions, I am more than happy to answer them. Similarly if you need help adjusting the aspect ratios or output resolution on your cable box, please let me know the brand and model number of the cable box.

I hope this explains it for you. Please let me know if you need further assistance.

Regards,
BElectric