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BBC FTA using a 'non-Sky' box
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<blockquote data-quote="Nick123" data-source="post: 18556" data-attributes="member: 175765"><p>Thanks for the info, Methos, but my STB doesn't seem to behave as you say. The TV is an old 4:3 set as you know, but it has a letterbox option (it reduces the height of the picture); the STB doesn't have a letterbox option, but does have a 4:3/16:9 option. With the TV in normal mode and the STB on 4:3, all channels are correct except a 16:9 signal like S4C - this is squashed horizontally (black bars on sides). If I switch to 16:9 on the STB, then S4C fills the whole 4:3 screen, but of course the proportions still aren't correct: neither are the 4:3 signals, they now have black bars top and bottom. If I now push the letterbox button on the TV, S4C comes into proportion (black bars top & bottom), and normal 4:3 stuff now has even bigger black bars top/bottom. Is this how it should be?</p><p>TV is an 18 year old Sont Trinitron; STB is French Worldsat Impérial 300L. Perhaps I ought to move it and try it downstairs on my 16:9 Philips TV? - but this means unplugging a lot of wires and disturbing a maze of sleads to Sky box, DVD's etc.</p><p>Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nick123, post: 18556, member: 175765"] Thanks for the info, Methos, but my STB doesn't seem to behave as you say. The TV is an old 4:3 set as you know, but it has a letterbox option (it reduces the height of the picture); the STB doesn't have a letterbox option, but does have a 4:3/16:9 option. With the TV in normal mode and the STB on 4:3, all channels are correct except a 16:9 signal like S4C - this is squashed horizontally (black bars on sides). If I switch to 16:9 on the STB, then S4C fills the whole 4:3 screen, but of course the proportions still aren't correct: neither are the 4:3 signals, they now have black bars top and bottom. If I now push the letterbox button on the TV, S4C comes into proportion (black bars top & bottom), and normal 4:3 stuff now has even bigger black bars top/bottom. Is this how it should be? TV is an 18 year old Sont Trinitron; STB is French Worldsat Impérial 300L. Perhaps I ought to move it and try it downstairs on my 16:9 Philips TV? - but this means unplugging a lot of wires and disturbing a maze of sleads to Sky box, DVD's etc. Nick [/QUOTE]
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