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ON DTTWHY IS RTE 1 in a 4:3 Format??

  • 09-04-2010 9:28am
    #1
    swoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭


    On DTT just noticed that RTE1 is being broadcast with 2 bars down either side instead of 16:9, is this just temporary??


    weird

    gb--


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  • #2
    pa990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭pa990


    all ok here.

    maybe the prog that was being broadcast was originally made in 4:3


  • #3
    swoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭swoofer


    yes, you are right, I dont watch a lot of rte.


    gb--


  • #4
    zbluebirdz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 270 ✭✭zbluebirdz


    On DTT, RTE1 & RTE2 have been broadcasted as 4:3 for a very long time. Some receivers and TVs are smart enough to translate this into wide-screen.


  • #5
    Bob_Harris
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭Bob_Harris


    zbluebirdz wrote: »
    On DTT, RTE1 & RTE2 have been broadcasted as 4:3 for a very long time. Some receivers and TVs are smart enough to translate this into wide-screen.

    No they have been in 16:9 and revert to 4:3 when needed.


  • #6
    zbluebirdz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 270 ✭✭zbluebirdz


    Bob_Harris wrote: »
    No they have been in 16:9 and revert to 4:3 when needed.

    I haven't seen RTE1/2 being broadcasted in 16:9 - always 4:3. However, my TV and one of my receivers have always upscaled the picture into Full-HD resolution ... The other receiver doesn't scale RTE1/2 into Full-HD resolution (despite having a 1080i output)


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  • #7
    fat-tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    Up to recently (maybe a month or 6 weeks ago) all programmes on DTT were broadcast in widescreen (even the 4:3 ones). RTE 2 are certainly flagging 16:9 and 4:3 programmes correctly at the moment. RTE 1 seem to be flagging 4:3 programmes ok, but certainly on my installation of DVBviewer the 16:9 programmes display correctly in widescreen but the 16:9 icon on the info bar is absent. RTENL are almost there with the flagging, but not quite yet!


  • #8
    carrolls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭carrolls


    My DTT tv showed RTE1 And RTE2 in true widescreen for the last year. Then about two weeks ago they changed to 4x3 and now I have a stretched version of the two channels. The guys are right.


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