4 sided black bars on Hidef channel picture help

[madrushian]

I Just Got Charter High def Servce. When I watching the Playoff in the hidef channel for fox or nbc I get black bars on all four sides of the picture. is there anyway to get rid of these four sided black bars. its annoying I have th PT 53w52x TV

THanks

Madrushian

[kevinw]

Baseball was not broadcast in "FOXOVISION WS ENHANCED BUT NOT HD SPLENDOR". Except for studio shots and limited overlap graphics the broadcast was 4:3. My guess is your STB was set for 4:3 Tv instead of 16:9 and that caused the bars on top.