[mythtvnz] DVB-S Freeview wrong Aspect ratio for TV3
Steve Hodge
mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:58:09 +1200
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On 8/17/07, Graeme Woollett <g.woollett@irl.cri.nz> wrote:
>
> Steven Ellis wrote:
> > Graeme Woollett wrote:
> >
> >> TV1,2 & Maori fill the screen but TV3 comes up in the wrong aspect
> ratio.
> >> How do I fix this?
> >>
> > Here is the TV3 reference -
> > http://www.tv3.co.nz/contactus/widescreen/tabid/352/Default.aspx
> >
> > What aspect is your TV, and can you describe your aspect ratio issues.
> >
> There are 2 black vertical strips on each side of the screen, it is full
> size vertically
>
TV3, in their infinite wisdom, have decided that viewers are too stupid to
decide for themselves what aspect ratio they want to use and are
"pillar-boxing" their 4:3 content (i.e. they add black bars left and right).
This means that it is displayed with the proper aspect ratio if you have a
16:9 TV (whether or not you want it that way), but presumably means that
those with 4:3 TVs have to hope either their TV or their receiver crop 16:9
signals for display.
You can try playing with MythTVs aspect ratio options ('w' key) to see if
you can undo the damage. I haven't found anything I'm completely happy with
though.
Cheers,
Steve
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On 8/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Graeme Woollett</b> <<a href="mailto:g.woollett@irl.cri.nz">g.woollett@irl.cri.nz</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Steven Ellis wrote:<br>> Graeme Woollett wrote:<br>><br>>> TV1,2 & Maori fill the screen but TV3 comes up in the wrong aspect ratio.<br>>> How do I fix this?<br>>><br>> Here is the TV3 reference -
<br>> <a href="http://www.tv3.co.nz/contactus/widescreen/tabid/352/Default.aspx">http://www.tv3.co.nz/contactus/widescreen/tabid/352/Default.aspx</a><br>><br>> What aspect is your TV, and can you describe your aspect ratio issues.
<br>><br>There are 2 black vertical strips on each side of the screen, it is full<br>size vertically<br></blockquote></div><br>TV3, in their infinite wisdom, have decided that viewers are too stupid to decide for themselves what aspect ratio they want to use and are "pillar-boxing" their 4:3 content (
i.e. they add black bars left and right). This means that it is displayed with the proper aspect ratio if you have a 16:9 TV (whether or not you want it that way), but presumably means that those with 4:3 TVs have to hope either their TV or their receiver crop 16:9 signals for display.
<br><br>You can try playing with MythTVs aspect ratio options ('w' key) to see if you can undo the damage. I haven't found anything I'm completely happy with though.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br>
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