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UPC - Discovery Channel displaying 4:3

  • 14-02-2010 07:41PM
    #1
    Mr Chill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    In the last week or so the Discovery channel has reverted to 4:3 display for all programmes. But Discovery+1 is still widescreen! Has anyone else experienced this? Is it UPC or is it possiblr my TV is not recognising the correct aspect?


Comments

  • #2
    coldfire1x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,360 ✭✭✭coldfire1x


    Just checked and its looking fine for me. Try different settings on your UPC box and your telly.


  • #3
    Kensington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Kensington


    It's the same on sky digital sometimes. It's a 16:9 Widescreen picture alright but they don't turn on the widescreen flag so you end up with a 16:9 picture squashed into a 4:3 frame.


  • #4
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Kensington wrote: »
    It's the same on sky digital sometimes. It's a 16:9 Widescreen picture alright but they don't turn on the widescreen flag so you end up with a 16:9 picture squashed into a 4:3 frame.

    whats the widescreen flag:confused:


  • #5
    Kensington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Kensington


    fryup wrote: »
    whats the widescreen flag:confused:
    It's basically a bit sequence in the MPEG stream which indicates to your box whether the picture is 4:3 or 16:9, so that it can present it to your TV in the correct aspect ratio.


  • #6
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Yeah I noticed this recently too, I have to manually set the TV to 16:9. Same problem with 3e and the other way round with TV3 (stuck on 16:9).


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