That was the problem. I plugged into the AV but had the component plugged in. I plugged in to just the AV and it worked then plugged in the audio and success!!
Also connected HDMI cable to the box and now have true HD picture.
Thanks for all the help guys. Only this is that on some channels I can't get the screen size to be wide screen. Other than it all is good now even the Wii!
That's probably because the particular program being shown was shot in letterbox format. I can watch Fox in HD but when the Simpsons reruns come on, it goes to letterbox because the early episodes were in 4:3 format. The new episodes are now 16:9 widescreen format.
You can stretch it but I wouldn't. I think it's the # symbol on the remote.
The word of the day is Color Coded.
If you stretch it, it just looks weird. If you're watching a standard def channel, then it looks okay. But if it's a digital/hd channel, when you stretch it, sometimes you cut off the top and bottom of the picture to get it to fill out the sides, or everything looks to wide and distorted.
After a while, it doesn't really bother you when you're watching a letterbox program on an HD channel. I just takes some getting used to at first.
That's why I said I wouldn't, but I'm sure we all have a relative who when we go to their house we see them watching fat people on tv because they stretch everything.
I don't stretch and spend about 95% of my time watching HD channels.
Do you all have the problem of watching an HD channel and having to turn up the sound, then accidentally switching to an SD channel and having the TV blaring at you? Both my TVs have that problem so I don't think it's an issue with the TV.
do you have att uverse?
The TV and/or box should have options to change your display. However, I have mine set up so a 4:3 broadcast is not stretched to a 16:9 picture. This causes everything to be "fat."
I would say if you get a variety of black bads on both sides (4:3 on a 16:9 screen), full screen (16:9 on 16:9) and bands on the top and bottom (theater view on 16:9) then things are set right.
As for the right cables, I've been dealing with component from my HD box since March. I bought Amanda a bluray player for her birthday, and forgot to buy cables. I gave her my HDMI cables for the connection. Since then, I mounted my flat screen on the wall, and haven't put the new cables in I bough since after that. One day I'll get a round tuit, and take the TV off the wall and change cables. It just hasn't been a priority because I seldom watch cable, and my bluray player is attached through HDMI.
Anyone have any spare round tuits?
Nope, Time Warner.
oh ok.. i used to work for att uverse and customers would usually call in with that problem.. if i recalled correctly we usually BS'ed them and threw some 'sorry bout that' money their way because there was no quickfix to it..
it's been a while so i dunno for sure.. but if i were to troubleshoot the issue.. i'd blame it on the coaxial cables coming from the outlet to your time warner set top box.. or i'd blame it on the set top box not being able to understand the TV's volume settings.. maybe get a different TV that the STB would better understand..
if the volume seems to be unbearable.. i suggest hooking up a soundsystem to the box so that the volume channels thru that instead..
but those are just my suggestions.. your guess is as good as mine..
It's not that big of an issue. Sometimes I forget and the sound just blares at me. But when I remember, I usually turn down the sound. I was just curious as to why it happens.
I don't have a set top box because my cable is provided at a discount rate by my apartment. If I get a box, I have to pay full price. I get the local channels in HD though. And both my TVs do it, so like I said, it's not the TV but the cable itself. No biggie though. I rarely watch TV these days anyway. I have Hulu, other websites, and Netflix to keep me entertained.
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