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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 1047952" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>Technically, only SCART connections have the correct signals to tell the TV what kind of aspect ratio the video has. Also, the transmission itself has to have some sort of flag for the receiver to translate; most video streams on a particular channel are of fixed resolution but different aspect ratio.</p><p></p><p>I know when I watch Columbo on ITV3, it does switch between the two, but the 4/3 image is filled to the edges of the screen, which means squashed top and bottom. I wish Sky boxes had more control over this. On E2 receivers, you can have it show with black bars on the side - but again, the transmission has to be correct. Certain channels are useless at that (such as MBC2 for a long time) - they are 16/9 transmissions with a 4/3 flag set...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 1047952, member: 243342"] Technically, only SCART connections have the correct signals to tell the TV what kind of aspect ratio the video has. Also, the transmission itself has to have some sort of flag for the receiver to translate; most video streams on a particular channel are of fixed resolution but different aspect ratio. I know when I watch Columbo on ITV3, it does switch between the two, but the 4/3 image is filled to the edges of the screen, which means squashed top and bottom. I wish Sky boxes had more control over this. On E2 receivers, you can have it show with black bars on the side - but again, the transmission has to be correct. Certain channels are useless at that (such as MBC2 for a long time) - they are 16/9 transmissions with a 4/3 flag set... [/QUOTE]
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