My Panasonic "stretches" near the left/right edge of the screen

I have a 32" Panasonic, 1280/768, 720P HDTV that's about four years
old. I get all my TV over-the-air.

If the camera is panning a scene, the last inch (or so) on each side
seems to stretch the image. It's as if the pixels on the edge are
mapped 2-for-1 for the last inch or two.

This does occur during a still image (or when someone enters a scene
from the side), but it's not as noticeable. This also happens when I
watch a DVD on this TV.

I have two newer, larger, 1080 TV's and this does not happen with them.

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I have a 32" Panasonic, 1280/768, 720P HDTV that's about four years
old. I get all my TV over-the-air.

If the camera is panning a scene, the last inch (or so) on each side
seems to stretch the image. It's as if the pixels on the edge are
mapped 2-for-1 for the last inch or two.

This does occur during a still image (or when someone enters a scene
from the side), but it's not as noticeable. This also happens when I
watch a DVD on this TV.

I have two newer, larger, 1080 TV's and this does not happen with them.

Check what video mode your TV is using. It may listed as picture size or
screen mode or wide mode. You'd probably want it to be 16:9 or Normal or
something like that. Any type of ZOOM may mean it's doing some form of
stretching.

Every manufacturer uses different names for the modes, and sometimes
different names for different models, so it's hard to say just what is
the correct mode to use.

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On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:52:30 -0700, NadCixelsyd wrote:

I have a 32" Panasonic, 1280/768, 720P HDTV that's about four years old.
I get all my TV over-the-air.

Model number? Type LCD, etc. Are you sure it's not 1366x768 as most 720P
sets are?

If the camera is panning a scene, the last inch (or so) on each side
seems to stretch the image. It's as if the pixels on the edge are
mapped 2-for-1 for the last inch or two.

This does occur during a still image (or when someone enters a scene
from the side), but it's not as noticeable. This also happens when I
watch a DVD on this TV.

More than likely you have it in one of the stretch modes. It may be
called panorama mode or something like that. Find a non HD show and
adjust the settings so there's bars on each side of the picture. Then
tune to an HD program and check that it's displaying properly. These
settings are usually under screen settings, aspect ratios.

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Oops, - Mea Culpa

After reviewing the responses, I went back and did some research. I
discovered that when looking at OTA HDTV, there is no problem. The
problem ONLY occurs with my Oppo DVD player. It is the DVD player
that's stretching the last inch on each side, not the TV itself. This
was one of the earliest up-converting DVD players so it's probably an
internal software glitch.

NadCixelsyd wrote:

The
problem ONLY occurs with my Oppo DVD player. It is the DVD player
that's stretching the last inch on each side, not the TV itself. This
was one of the earliest up-converting DVD players so it's probably an
internal software glitch.

Or, your TV remembers different video settings for each input, as does mine.

I have never heard of an Oppo player stretching the picture, either by design
or by accident, and the Oppo crowd would surely scream loudly if it did.
OTOH, I have seen Panasonic TVs in stretch mode like you described.

NadCixelsyd wrote:

Oops, - Mea Culpa

After reviewing the responses, I went back and did some research. I
discovered that when looking at OTA HDTV, there is no problem. The
problem ONLY occurs with my Oppo DVD player. It is the DVD player
that's stretching the last inch on each side, not the TV itself. This
was one of the earliest up-converting DVD players so it's probably an
internal software glitch.

You don't give the model number, but some Oppos stretched the outer portion
of the picture, and kept the middle near OAR. Check the Aspect Ratio portion
of your manual. On the BDP-80, it should be set to "16:9 Wide/Auto."