Chorus Digital - Writing and Logo's not fitting onto screen

Golden Horde

I have Chorus Digital and a Sony 32" widescreen TV, 5 years old.

However writing and logo's on screen don't fit properly on the screen, on both sides.

Seemed really bad watching the election coverage, as figures were completely missing at either side of the screen, but it also affects scores on football matches, sky news banners and tv station logo's amongst others.

Problem seems worst on RTE 1 and 2. I've tried changing the view between widescreen, 16:9, zoom etc, but all have the same problem.

Is it to do with the way the signal is broadcast or is there something I can do about it...?

nava

Golden Horde wrote:

I've tried changing the view between widescreen, 16:9, zoom etc, but all have the same problem.

Did you try to change the setting in the TV and/or the Chorus box?

Regards

Golden Horde

I've tried the tv settings but not the chorus box....

Where on the chorus box can I try this...?

nava

Golden Horde wrote:

I've tried the tv settings but not the chorus box....

Where on the chorus box can I try this...?

Hi

I don't have Chorus, I'm on NTL but hope they are the same setting, in the control if you press "Menu" and scroll down to "Screen Format" and change it.

Regards

Irishdudedave

Its different from Ntl boxes...
Press menu
Select Installation
Select Set top box installation
Select Tv and VCR installation
Change Tv Screen size to 16/9 by using the left/right arrows.
Press OK to save the changes
Press exit to return to TV channel

Golden Horde

Thanks for that Irishdudedave

I'll try that tonight when I get home...hopefully it will fix it....

Does this mean the picture will display as 16:9 instead of widescreen, or does this even matter..?

DJ Hafez

Golden Horde wrote:

Thanks for that Irishdudedave

I'll try that tonight when I get home...hopefully it will fix it....

Does this mean the picture will display as 16:9 instead of widescreen, or does this even matter..?

16:9 is widescreen

watty

16:9 (1.78:1) is a a widescreen. The shape of a Widescreen TV.
Content can however be from 1:66 "widescreen" (Dr Strangelove) to over 2.7:1 (Ben Hur).

The closest cinema widescreen is 1.85:1, which only looks like it fills 16:9 (1.78:1) as regular TVs overscan.

Regular TV 4:3 is I think 1.33:1 which is close to pre TV cinema "Academy Format"

16:9 and wider is usually re-cropped these days to 14:9 letterboxed on a 4:3 screen (12:9)

Get used to the black bars

Golden Horde

It's different from Ntl boxes...
Press menu
Select Installation
Select Set top box installation
Select Tv and VCR installation
Change Tv Screen size to 16/9 by using the left/right arrows.
Press OK to save the changes
Press exit to return to TV channel

Irishdudedave.....you sir....are a gentleman. Solved my long suffering problem.

Watching the weather forecast and now Europe goes over to Turkey instead of stopping at Italy.

philstar

i have the same kind of problem..but..my telly is a standard 21" (non widescreen)

so is there a fix for me:o

Golden Horde

Philstar

I also have a second chorus box on a 21" tv. The widescreen selection did not work....it won't even show the picture.

However, there was two other selections if I can remember for 4:3...pan and scan format and letter format.

The letter format solved the problem so that the writing was all on screen....the downside to it was the picture was shown with black bars top and bottom of the screen to scale it.

philstar

ok golden horde..thanks for that:)

gipi

Irishdudedave wrote:

Its different from Ntl boxes...
Press menu
Select Installation
Select Set top box installation
Select Tv and VCR installation
Change Tv Screen size to 16/9 by using the left/right arrows.
Press OK to save the changes
Press exit to return to TV channel

Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that since Chorus changed their channel numbers and upgraded their software in April, that the screen size has to be reset every time the decoder is switched on?

I find that the pictures default to 16:9, and I have to change them to 4:3 panscan (best for my TV) every time. Didn't have to do that before the upgrade.

I have a roof aerial too, and pics from it are fine so I know it's not the telly playing tricks!

steveon

I havent had any problems with my Chorus box changing back from 16:9 to 4:3 and havent come across any1 else with the problems your experiencing.

Peter B

Just want to say thanks for this. I also fixed my TV after ages of viweing the smaller screen!

steveon

It annoys me when I still visit friends and relatives that have upgraded to Digital from Chorus and the Engineers dont bother to set the proper aspect ratio which takes a whole 5secs to do.

They used to do quality checks on installs before from time to time and this was one of the things they used to check...a disgrace they dont any longer in my opinion

yayamark

Irishdudedave wrote:

Its different from Ntl boxes...
Press menu
Select Installation
Select Set top box installation
Select Tv and VCR installation
Change Tv Screen size to 16/9 by using the left/right arrows.
Press OK to save the changes
Press exit to return to TV channel

you should get a knight hood for that.

i have spent days trying to fix my tv when it was the chorus box the whole time --doh!

i now have a channel called sky news used to have y ews

amazing its like a new tv


thanks again:)

evilivor

gipi wrote:

Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that since Chorus changed their channel numbers and upgraded their software in April, that the screen size has to be reset every time the decoder is switched on?

This is very annoying - every time I visit my parents' house I have to reset it to 16:9 for them - they plug the box out each night and it defaults to 4:3 panscan.

PauloMN

Was going to post a similar topic today. I got NTL digital last week and have the widescreen problem. New Pace box on a 32" widescreen Sony TV. Fine on analogue, but RTE logos and other text are cut off on digital regardless of what screen format I select on the Pace box and TV. Sky digital worked fine in widescreen format.