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Sky & Freesat fringe reception
BBC FTA using a 'non-Sky' box
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<blockquote data-quote="methos_de" data-source="post: 18533" data-attributes="member: 175191"><p>Hi Nick, this sounds more like a problem with your box. The reason it is squashed is because the TV is receiving a 16:9 anamorph signal. Normally the TV should only be getting this if your digibox is set to 16:9 in the picture settings. By changing the digibox to 4:3 and the letterbox option to on you should then get a picture with black bars at the top and bottom thus preserving the 16:9 format. If you have the letterbox option on your digibox set to off you should then get a full screen 4:3 picture but cropped at the sides as to be able to preserve the 4:3 picture.</p><p>The reason for the squashing is because a 16:9 TV would receive this picture and then pull it apart as it were.</p><p>If you have a letterbox mode on your 4:3 TV which then squashes the picture back together and creates black bars at the top and bottom its better to use this as an anamorph picture has a much better resolution than a 4:3 letterbox.</p><p></p><p>Methos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="methos_de, post: 18533, member: 175191"] Hi Nick, this sounds more like a problem with your box. The reason it is squashed is because the TV is receiving a 16:9 anamorph signal. Normally the TV should only be getting this if your digibox is set to 16:9 in the picture settings. By changing the digibox to 4:3 and the letterbox option to on you should then get a picture with black bars at the top and bottom thus preserving the 16:9 format. If you have the letterbox option on your digibox set to off you should then get a full screen 4:3 picture but cropped at the sides as to be able to preserve the 4:3 picture. The reason for the squashing is because a 16:9 TV would receive this picture and then pull it apart as it were. If you have a letterbox mode on your 4:3 TV which then squashes the picture back together and creates black bars at the top and bottom its better to use this as an anamorph picture has a much better resolution than a 4:3 letterbox. Methos. [/QUOTE]
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