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Quelch
Posts: 3
Registered: ‎01-06-2012

HD Xfinity boxes default to Stretch mode on non HD channels

I have two Xfinity HD boxes, one is a DVR box and one is not.  For both boxes, they default to Stretch mode on all non HD channels which drives me crazy.  I know I can manually change it to Normal each time, (with the black bars on each side) but how do I make it default to Normal so I don't have to do that?  It bugs me when I watch something on On Demand too because on the On Demand feature, you can't change it and I'm stuck watching it in Stretch mode, which really is annoying to me.  I asked about it when the Comcast guys hooked them up and they said there is no way to change the default settings but.....is that really true???

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WarEagle57
Posts: 10,587
Registered: ‎12-31-2004

Re: HD Xfinity boxes default to Stretch mode on non HD channels

Hit the remote "Off" button, then the "Menu" button to bring up the options for changing the display.