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Originally Posted by magpie
Discovery Wings don't actually broadcast anything in widescreen ever.
There has been a bug in L3.2 reported where certain types of STB occasionly start adding black borders down the sides of 4:3 programmes when the box is set to 16:9. I don't know why, and the only fix is to change the settings as you describe.
Of course, most people's TVs are set up to add those black bars anyway, so most won't even notice that the STB is doing it instead. I'm going to take a guess that you noticed it because you view 4:3 programmes in "stretch-o-vision" (which, imo, looks absolutly awful - but that's a different debate!  )
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The problem is that 16:9 programmes get displayed truncated in 4:3, not that 4:3 programmes get black bars.
My 1000 box has been doing it for years (ever since I got it). I just live with it since it only happens every couple of weeks or so.
I used to reboot the box till I discovered the "reset the settings to their current value" trick.