Black Bars Around Picture

Has anyone else noticed black bars around their SD picture recently?
I have a Samsung TV and only subscribe to U-verse 200, not HD. We didn't have any issues before and now the picture has shrunk with big black bars around the edges defeating the purpose of the bigger screens. I'm wondering if the recent UI changes has done something that forces SD users to upgrade to HD packages. Anyone else seeing this?

baseballisback wrote:
Keep in mind that if you use the "zoom" feature, you may lose picture quality as the image is artificially made bigger.
Very little as the video processors in the DVR/STB are very good.
Chris
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