Metropol

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.

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.

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.

Yes, because as we all know, HIGHER IS BETTER!

"Forget the quality, feel the depth"

Does this mean that I'm the only one with Sky on a 4:3?

yes, and a sad luddite freak you are for it too.

Bugger, beat me to it Hyma.

It's only in my room. The widescreen's downstairs, with a rather nice Sky+ box.

Malpass93 wrote:Does this mean that I'm the only one with Sky on a 4:3?

I've got cable on a 4:3 (my only TV), still using VHS as my only way of recording too

Autosensing optimisation.

Trust me - it'll be the wave of the future.