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New ntl digibox forcing my TV to 16:9 zoom

  • 21-09-2005 7:24pm
    #1
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Just got ntl: digital installed (again!). Have one of those new small Pace digiboxes this time. However, when I watch a 4:3 it switches my widescreen into 16:9 Zoom mode (which looks awful and crops the top and bottom!).

    On my last ntl: digibox I could set ithe TV to whatever aspect ratio I wanted and my TV remembered my preference. However with this digibox it forces all 4:3 output to 16:9 Zoom mode regardless!

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    thund3rbird_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 866 ✭✭✭thund3rbird_


    depending on a lot of things

    did you try changing the output on the digi box?

    4:3 pan & scan prob the best but play around to get the best

    sounds as though your tv is 'stretching' the pic

    what make tv do you have?

    my box is outputting on 4:3 P&S (silver box)
    tv is a sharp 28" (? model no :confused:)
    has several modes (full / normal / zoom [14:9] / auto / panorama) - left on 'full' and no probs with pic format


  • #3
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    On my ntl: box (older silver model) it switches my tv into widescreen mode for 16:9 material but defaults to whatever the tv defaults to for 4:3 stuff, which on my Philips TV is "Super Zoom".


  • #4
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    My dinky silver box can't make its bloody mind up! Sometimes it'll go 16:9 when watching BBC (as it should) but somtimes it stays 4:3 so i have to atler the picture ratio maually with my TV remote (which has two ratios availible).

    Mike.


  • #5
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    thund3rbird_ wrote:
    depending on a lot of things
    did you try changing the output on the digi box?

    Yes, the digibox is correctly set to 16:9 as I have a widescreen TV.

    Is your TV widescreen? If so, having your digibox set to '4:3 pan & scan' means you are losing part of the image on widescreen broadcasts.
    thund3rbird_ wrote:
    what make tv do you have?

    It's a Philips and is the same TV I used with my previous ntl: digibox - and that setup worked fine.
    Alun wrote:
    On my ntl: box (older silver model) it switches my tv into widescreen mode for 16:9 material but defaults to whatever the tv defaults to for 4:3 stuff, which on my Philips TV is "Super Zoom".

    Yes, that's what I want this digibox & TV to do. However the small digibox is forcing my TV to '14:9 zoom' regardless. :(


  • #6
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,327 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    I'm having the same problem - TV (correctly) goes into "widescreen" when the programme is in anamorphic, but reverts to "16:9 Zoom" for programmes that are in any other format (this is not the default behaviour for the TV, it seems to be a signal coming off the digibox).

    I have the digibox set to 16:9 - if I choose the other options ("pan & scan" or "letterbox") then i don't get proper widescreen when its available.


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