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6950rpm · 14-06-2004, 23:42

Over the last few days a rather annoying problem has reared its ugly head.

Sometimes on some channels (so far ITV, Discovery Wings & several other channels I can't remember) My widescreen TV starts displaying the program as 4:3 with vertical black bars either side of the screen. The STB is set to 16:9.

If I go into the settings menu of the STB and change it from 16:9 to 4:3 and come out then go back in to the settings menu again and change it back to 16:9 the picure reverts back to wide screen once more.

I haven't changed any other settings on either the TV or the STB before this started occuring.

Any ideas why this has started happening and where the fix may lie?

TIA - Tim

14-06-2004, 23:42	#1
6950rpm Inactive Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Swindon Age: 57 Services: 2mb Ntl Freview Orange Posts: 6	Widescreen / 4:3 problems on STB Over the last few days a rather annoying problem has reared its ugly head. Sometimes on some channels (so far ITV, Discovery Wings & several other channels I can't remember) My widescreen TV starts displaying the program as 4:3 with vertical black bars either side of the screen. The STB is set to 16:9. If I go into the settings menu of the STB and change it from 16:9 to 4:3 and come out then go back in to the settings menu again and change it back to 16:9 the picure reverts back to wide screen once more. I haven't changed any other settings on either the TV or the STB before this started occuring. Any ideas why this has started happening and where the fix may lie? TIA - Tim