[mythtvnz] DVB-S Freeview wrong Aspect ratio for TV3

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, August 17, 2007 12:23 pm, Steven Ellis wrote:
>
> On Fri, August 17, 2007 11:58 am, Steve Hodge wrote:
>> 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 stupi=
d
>> 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 ha=
ve
>> a
>> 16:9 TV (whether or not you want it that way), but presumably means th=
at
>> those with 4:3 TVs have to hope either their TV or their receiver crop
>> 16:9
>> signals for display.
>
> And just to let you all know that TVNZ are planning on doing exactly th=
e
> same when they go widescreen on 22 September


What _should_ they do when they are playing 4:3 material in a widescreen
channel?


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Nick Rout