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Originally Posted by Tristan
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I'm pretty sure this is a bug in the current Samsung software on Langley. If it is, it should be fixed in the next code release (which is "coming soon"). |
Thanks, Tristan.
I'm on the Bromley (ex C&W) platform, but I guess what you say may apply here too.
One really cool thing about the Samsung box is the new remote you get. You can program it to send signals to your TV too, so even with my ?1993 JVC TV, when I press the volume control on the STB remote it changes the TV volume, and the mute button mutes the TV. You can access teletext too via the STB remote, on the occasional channel that has it, and put the TV in and out of standby mode.
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Thanks for these other replies, too! From what I can make of the PDF file you linked to, Spiderplant, it looks as if the box is designed to make a 14:9 letterbox for transmissions where this is regarded as safe. I see that Trisha now on Five is showing in a 16:9 letterbox, but the BBC channels, including the supposedly widescreen News24, seem to show in 14:9 all the time.
I must say I prefer 16:9, and if the box is behaving correctly, I'd like to have the option of choosing that ratio as a default for widescreen, no matter what safe area code is transmitted.