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Old 16-04-2014, 12:02   #9
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Re: sky 1 the Simpsons

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Originally Posted by Stephen View Post
Also those 'black' bars on the HD aren't actually black bars but empty space as there is nothing there.
They are really black bars. HD is always widescreen, so the broadcaster has to add the bars if broadcasting 4:3 content on an HD channel.

It's easy to demonstrate on TiVo by setting the Letterbox Colour to Grey. If the bars are still black, they are in the broadcast.
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