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Re: Channels switched to MPEG4
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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
Sorry if this has been mentioned elsewhere in thread but is this move why the sides of pictures are cut off? Really annoying on sport where the home team name is now missing on Ozzie rules matches.
I know my TV doesn't like HD and switches to 4:3. It does this most channels now. SD is our choice as we don't have HD TV and recording take far less space.
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Literally a couple of posts above:
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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
I recall someone, I don't want to misquote someone or attribute it to the wrong person, saying MPEG4 compression algorithms can't reproduce 720x480 resolution spot-on so they do 704x480 (or similar) since there is no point in going slightly bigger, and it's closest resolution.
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
That was me, explaining why the picture is slightly cropped on some channels. I doubt you would notice a PQ difference between 720 and 704
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