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Originally Posted by jmetal88
I've been really annoyed by the Cartoon Network feed from my cable company lately. I don't know if it's the network or the station (EDIT: Err, I meant cable company) that's doing this, but all the programming has been stretched to 16:9 format. Yes, stretched. Not cropped or letterboxed, but stretched. The native 16:9 programming looks fine, but anything that should have been aired in 4:3 looks just awful. I still watch everything on an analog CRT, and I can't figure out any way to correct it.
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I've been pretty hacked off about Cartoon Network stretching their 4:3 content as well. Like you I wondered if it was the cable company or the network feed. I'm on Time Warner Cables southeastern Wisconsin feed so I suspect that it is the network. Maybe I should make some time to email 'CN' to complain about it.
@Jeff: If you are only tuning over the air DTV on your flat-screen's internal tuner then that is likely your problem with reception. I've read that the internal DTV tuners of most flat screens SUCK. I'd suggest tracking down a Zenith, LG, or insignia brand DTV converter box(these were among the best made), connect it to your CRT TV and antennas, and see what you can get.
If you can get the station but the signal strength is low(those boxes have a signal strength meter function in the menus) you could try an antenna booster amp and or custom building an antenna for the freqs of the stations you want to recieve.