widen standard tv signal to prevent image burn

[den372]

HI, I am using a 16:9 plasma with pvrx2. When I view standard def shows in full screen mode the typical vertical black bars are present on each side of the signal. I understand why this is happening but I was wondering if there was a way to force pvrx2 to use all of the screen ( at the expense of distorted aspect ratio) while displaying SDTV signals. The reason being is that I am starting to see vertical bar burn in. This is not a problem when viewing 1080p content. Unfortunately we only receive about 9 HD channels the rest being SDTV. Any help would be appreciated

[gEd]

the first thing to ask is have you tried pressing F7 to cycle through the available aspect ratios'?

[den372]

Thanks for the reply I will try that. I use a remote not a keyboard but I think that I can add that capability thru hip

[sub]

It'll remember the aspect ratio, so you can probably F7 to leave it in the 'fill' aspect ratio, then not need the keyboard again (no need to worry about HIP).