My TV (LG 65 Inch - 65UK6090PUA) only has settings for 4:3, 16:9, vertical zoom, zoom all, normal (whatever that means), and maybe horizontal zoom.
If I zoom the picture, it fills the screen, but when I look at the channel banner info through the cable box, it's stretched beyond the TV indicating 'zoom' is not a good setting (which I already assumed).
One of the few stations completely fills the screen in 16:9 mode and looks great, other stations have black vertical bars on each side, some have vertical and horizontal bars showing a smaller picture, and another, no matter what I do, clearly has the logo hanging off the picture.
I think it's silly to have such video issues from TV stations and/or cable companies. I can understand buying a 65" TV and having black vertical bars on the sides because all the stations are broadcasting in the same smaller ratio size, but the variation between stations is just silly. Plus I never know if the person I'm looking at on the screen really has a 52" waist, or, if I change the ratio, if the person really has a size 12" waist.
Now what if I watch a BluRay that has a different aspect ratio (I don't know the variations, so I won't list a ratio). Does this mean some of the picture will not fit onto my 16:9 setting and I'll not see the who picture?