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Anyone familiar with TCL branded tvs?
I was helping someone set their tv up and I ran across something that is puzzling me. I don't think its tied to the dvd player or the sattelite box but I feel like it is tied to the input on the tv itself.

Anyway, the persons dvd player and satellite box are set up to come in via the Composite connection. I set up the dvd player being hooked up to a 16:9 tv but it shows up on the tv in a 4:3 box. I didn't go through the Sattelite menu at the time to check off what tv it was set up for but it did still only fill up the tv in a 4:3 box instead of stretching to fill out the screen.

I am wondering that the tv is somehow limiting the composite input to just a 4:3 box and that is it.
12-04-2017 05:29 PM
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RE: Anyone familiar with TCL branded tvs?
I have a TCL and didn't have much of an issue with anything being set up. That being said, I have only hooked up the cable box and Apple TV, so neither a satellite connection nor a DVD player.

For those wondering about TCL, it is more of a name brand than you may realize. TCL is the components manufacturer for either LG or Samsung TVs (can't remember which) and had an active non-compete agreement until recently. So, essentially, it's the same TV as whichever major brand it makes parts for and is about half the price or so.
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12-05-2017 10:03 AM
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RE: Anyone familiar with TCL branded tvs?
The person didn't have any HDMI cords for the only box that used it, which was the satellite box. It just seemed really odd.
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RE: Anyone familiar with TCL branded tvs?
This sounds like a DVD menu option issue.

First- Make sure your DVD that you are testing is a wide format DVD. I know. I know. You already checked but some DVDs are 4:3 DVDs.

With the DVD remote, go to settings. Look for the settings where you can pick the format you wish. Make sure it is set for 16:9.
12-05-2017 01:44 PM
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RE: Anyone familiar with TCL branded tvs?
(12-05-2017 01:44 PM)chess Wrote:  This sounds like a DVD menu option issue.

First- Make sure your DVD that you are testing is a wide format DVD. I know. I know. You already checked but some DVDs are 4:3 DVDs.

With the DVD remote, go to settings. Look for the settings where you can pick the format you wish. Make sure it is set for 16:9.

Set the tv for the dvd player as 16:9 when the output goes to the tv, the tv still puts it as 4:3. The dvds were 16:9 and I believe anamorphic as well. Even the dvd player menu by itself doesn't fill the screen, it sits there in perfect 4:3.
12-05-2017 05:21 PM
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