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<blockquote data-quote="BarMoo" data-source="post: 965" data-attributes="member: 175089"><p>>I have a 4.3 TV. When I watch channels such as BB1, BBC NEWS </p><p>>24, ITV on Skydigital I have letterbox mode ON. I know this </p><p>>is the right option for these widescreen channels. </p><p></p><p>Wrong. And you will thank me for putting you right on this.</p><p></p><p>How I explain it, is something different; however, I will try.</p><p></p><p>I will use my SONY TV as the example.</p><p></p><p>You should set your TV to 16:9 mode. You should connect your TV to the digibox with a fully functional SCART cable (i.e., all pins from one end to the other).</p><p></p><p>As the scan on the tv collapses for a 16:9 broadcast - you will see a noticeable difference in quality to the same image viewed with the 'letterbox' option activated; albeit, on a SONY you have the added excitement of a few grey scan lines thrown in by the set (for extra pleasure!!). Even professional SONY monitors do it !! </p><p></p><p>I have never actually been able to explain this difference, because its not un-technical enough to explain. But, it is true.</p><p></p><p>Try it and get back to me.</p><p></p><p>I will be honest NOW and say that I keep my own settings on 4:3 letterbox, only because I record a lot of stuff. Recording Anamorphic w/s leads to all sorts of nasty things - like in vision video head-switching (or tearing at the bottom of the 16:9 screen edge). Not nice. Try that too :-)</p><p></p><p>Glad that you haven't jumped ship to 16:9 sets. Good bloke :-)</p><p></p><p>Have Fun,</p><p></p><p>Mark.</p><p></p><p>P.S. I hope you don't have a 100Hz nasty thing, else just forget what I have just said :-) Not that that is important - I just don't like 100Hz TV's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BarMoo, post: 965, member: 175089"] >I have a 4.3 TV. When I watch channels such as BB1, BBC NEWS >24, ITV on Skydigital I have letterbox mode ON. I know this >is the right option for these widescreen channels. Wrong. And you will thank me for putting you right on this. How I explain it, is something different; however, I will try. I will use my SONY TV as the example. You should set your TV to 16:9 mode. You should connect your TV to the digibox with a fully functional SCART cable (i.e., all pins from one end to the other). As the scan on the tv collapses for a 16:9 broadcast - you will see a noticeable difference in quality to the same image viewed with the 'letterbox' option activated; albeit, on a SONY you have the added excitement of a few grey scan lines thrown in by the set (for extra pleasure!!). Even professional SONY monitors do it !! I have never actually been able to explain this difference, because its not un-technical enough to explain. But, it is true. Try it and get back to me. I will be honest NOW and say that I keep my own settings on 4:3 letterbox, only because I record a lot of stuff. Recording Anamorphic w/s leads to all sorts of nasty things - like in vision video head-switching (or tearing at the bottom of the 16:9 screen edge). Not nice. Try that too :-) Glad that you haven't jumped ship to 16:9 sets. Good bloke :-) Have Fun, Mark. P.S. I hope you don't have a 100Hz nasty thing, else just forget what I have just said :-) Not that that is important - I just don't like 100Hz TV's. [/QUOTE]
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