I hate it when people have their STB's or DVD players set to 4:3 Letterbox and are watching it on a Widescreen TV, and claim to not notice, then it just looks terrible. We got NTL Digital about 8 years ago and I had to set it to 4:3 Letterbox when we still had a 4:3 TV, so to me the pictures looked great but it was a hard time having to explain to my father why everything was in widescreen and why it looks better.
Most people I know now seem to have their TV's set in the right picture mode, a friend of mine has Sky HD and it looks stunning, but obviously that's HD anyway and that it's only in 16:9.
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Yes there does seem to be a general ignorance when it comes to setting things up properly. Many of the cheaper DVD players are still coming set up in standard 4:3 which is then plugged into a widescreen telly and the consumer is happy because "it's a DVD." D'oh.
It is one of my pet hates, and one thing that really does infuriate me - and sadly others too as they're asking what drink I'd like but I've got their Sky remote making sure they're getting the maximum and best picture. I ask "There, doesn't that look better?" and I simply get the reply "No, I don't like it" and it's changed back within a few days.
Freaks.
It is one of my pet hates, and one thing that really does infuriate me - and sadly others too as they're asking what drink I'd like but I've got their Sky remote making sure they're getting the maximum and best picture. I ask "There, doesn't that look better?" and I simply get the reply "No, I don't like it" and it's changed back within a few days.
Freaks.
Good Lord!
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Nick Harvey
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We're going round the loop yet again.
I remember the early days of colour, when everybody had bright orange faces, just because you could turn the colour right up and rip the knob off.
I lost count of the friends' and relatives' sets I turned the colour down on, to get the correct skin tone, only to go back a few days later to find they'd turned it right up again.
I remember the early days of colour, when everybody had bright orange faces, just because you could turn the colour right up and rip the knob off.
I lost count of the friends' and relatives' sets I turned the colour down on, to get the correct skin tone, only to go back a few days later to find they'd turned it right up again.
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I've got cable on a 4:3 (my only TV), still using VHS as my only way of recording tooMalpass93 wrote:Does this mean that I'm the only one with Sky on a 4:3?
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Autosensing optimisation.
Trust me - it'll be the wave of the future.
Trust me - it'll be the wave of the future.