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TVAddict
New Contributor
6 years ago

Contour2 Distorted Display of older TV shows, like Turner Classic Movies

With Contour2 does anyone notice and dislike the TV display when viewing classic shows---for example, the Turner Movie Channel or Twilight Zone? In days long ago, most non-HD shows played poorly on a...
  • Bruce's avatar
    Bruce
    6 years ago

    It sounds like you're zooming an SD movie.  Are you on the correct channel for the HD version of TCM?

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TVAddict
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Thanks, Bruce.  I am watching TCM/HD and in my location it is Channel 1040.  There is a Ray Milland movie on and the baby in the crib has part of the crib's right side cropped out because of the very square display view.  I understand there are many SD channels like the old TV game shows.  With those, they were not as great as HD, but I used to be able to enlarge them too with my Scientific Atlanta remote, and no matter what, they were not as blurry as they are now that I've entered Contour land.  Thanks again for your suggestion.

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Becky
Moderator
6 years ago
Hi TVAddict, the Ray Milland movie appears on the Contour 2 receiver in the Call Center with sidebars. It is a square picture, with the top and bottom of the picture filling the screen, and black bars on the right and left sides. -Becky, Cox Support Forums Moderator