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Lew · 15-04-2011, 13:12

Bear in mind that 720 Wide and 1080 Wide will stretch non-widescreen programmes (on SD channels only) to the width of the screen so everyone will look short and fat. HD channels will show non-widescreen programmes with black bars (or sometimes bars branded by the channel like on the ESPN channels) at the sides. Using the non-wide versions of the HD options will continue this behaviour on non-HD channels for non-widescreen material.

15-04-2011, 13:12	#5
Lew Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fleet, Hampshire Age: 54 Services: VIP50, TiVo Posts: 2,869	Re: What HD setting Bear in mind that 720 Wide and 1080 Wide will stretch non-widescreen programmes (on SD channels only) to the width of the screen so everyone will look short and fat. HD channels will show non-widescreen programmes with black bars (or sometimes bars branded by the channel like on the ESPN channels) at the sides. Using the non-wide versions of the HD options will continue this behaviour on non-HD channels for non-widescreen material.