Is there any particular reason why all the pictures on the television are in the wrong ratio?
Re: The Christmas Tree Thread
Posted: Mon 21 Dec, 2009 13.13
by Chie
Nick Harvey wrote:Is there any particular reason why all the pictures on the television are in the wrong ratio?
Oh, that's just how it is. A combination of the widest setting on the Freeview box and 'Super Live' on the TV. Squares look square, circles look circular and people's heads don't look squashed, so I've always just assumed it's normal and must be to do with overscan or something like that.
Re: The Christmas Tree Thread
Posted: Mon 21 Dec, 2009 13.18
by marksi
Chie wrote:
Nick Harvey wrote:Is there any particular reason why all the pictures on the television are in the wrong ratio?
Oh, that's just how it is. A combination of the widest setting on the Freeview box and 'Super Live' on the TV. Squares look square, circles look circular and people's heads don't look squashed, so I've always just assumed it's normal and must be to do with overscan or something like that.
I can't imagine what "super live" might be intended for.
The bewildered, presumably.
Re: The Christmas Tree Thread
Posted: Mon 21 Dec, 2009 13.22
by Sput
Perhaps it's for those that find live newscasts and the like to be lacking a certain...sparkle
Re: The Christmas Tree Thread
Posted: Sat 26 Dec, 2009 01.11
by GavBelfast
Four 3ft fibre-optic jobbies I bought for £5 each in Woolworths six years ago went up inside 30 minutes and will come down again in a week after still going strong.
