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James Vertigan · 07-05-2004, 10:09

This frustrates me sometimes... I have a 32" widescreen TV (the Philips 32PW9617 to be precise). Now I'm not sure whether it's my NTL box stretching the pictures or the TV, but when I have the screen in Automatic mode (so it eliminates the black bars and people are not squashed), when watching some channels I loose the information on the top & bottom of the screen (depending on what ratio they are broadcasting in).

I have found on this forum that setting the STB to 4:3 letterbox will solve this problem in most cases, but sometimes Sky bugger around with the ratio they are broadcasting in, so it then screws up the way my screen is set up... and what's the point in having a widescreen TV when you have to keep it in 4:3 all the time!

I have a feeling that if there was something on the NTL menu like a 14:9 option, this would eliminate the problem of the top/bottom being chopped off... I don't suppose there is a way of adding this to everyone's menu options?

07-05-2004, 10:09	#1
James Vertigan cf.member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Acton, West London & North Devon Age: 41 Posts: 69	14:9 option? This frustrates me sometimes... I have a 32" widescreen TV (the Philips 32PW9617 to be precise). Now I'm not sure whether it's my NTL box stretching the pictures or the TV, but when I have the screen in Automatic mode (so it eliminates the black bars and people are not squashed), when watching some channels I loose the information on the top & bottom of the screen (depending on what ratio they are broadcasting in). I have found on this forum that setting the STB to 4:3 letterbox will solve this problem in most cases, but sometimes Sky bugger around with the ratio they are broadcasting in, so it then screws up the way my screen is set up... and what's the point in having a widescreen TV when you have to keep it in 4:3 all the time! I have a feeling that if there was something on the NTL menu like a 14:9 option, this would eliminate the problem of the top/bottom being chopped off... I don't suppose there is a way of adding this to everyone's menu options?