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Gruntled
New Contributor
5 years ago

Why does Cox shrink the picture on some of the TV channels?

So I noticed Cox seems to zoom out or shrink some of the TV stations that they rebroadcasts, like CHARGE! and LAFF Networks.    If I watch them on my TV OTA with HD antenna, the TV shows have the b...
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Bruce
Honored Contributor III
5 years ago

OTA signal is from your local affiliate and the other from Cox distribution.  It's 2 different compression and formatting schemes.  Why does Cox do it?  Using a higher compression scheme saves bandwidth.

I zoomed an SD channel and it filled the screen.  It looked awful but it's just the native aspect-ratio of older programs.