Sony Bravia display aspect ratio issue HELP NEEDED

[00james]

Howdy all!

I own a Sony Bravia KDL-46X3100 LCD display and i've got a bit of an issue with the display aspect ratio.

I've found that the display aspect ratio on the television is a little tall - meaning that what should be a perfect circle on the tv screen comes in as egg-shaped - like the picture is stretched-out on the vertical axis.

I know this is only a minor issue but it can be a little distracting with images coming through on the screen looking noticeably taller and stretched out than they otherwise should be.

I can't find anything in the display settings menu that can remedy this. My current display settings are:
Wide Mode: Full
Auto-wide: Off
Display Area: Full-pixel.

I keep it on Full Wide mode because Wide Zoom is too extreme in stretching out the picture on the horizontal axis, and the zoom cuts off most of the outside part of the screen.

Any help with this issue would be hugely appreciated!!!

[Rob J in WNY]

Welcome to the forums, 00james!

Not sure if you are referring to the picture when you are playing a Blu-ray Disc, but check to make sure your player is set to output its video in 16:9 aspect ratio mode, and not 4:3 aspect ratio mode.

I own a Sony KDL-40XBR4 (similar to your TV) and my display is set to FULL, with Auto-Wide OFF and Display Area set to FULL PIXEL as well.

[00james]

Thanks for your help Rob J in WNY!

This problem issue runs pretty much through the whole tv, but I guess I'm referring to the picture mainly when running a Playstation 3.

Also, the problem is not necessarily as obvious is stretching out a 4:3 display to 16:9 or vice-versa, but really just having the 16:9 display stretched out on the vertical axis

[00james]

Bump for help?