Widescreen! I dont think so.

[marvin666]

Is it me?

Is anyone else having trouble with the picture size on some channels?

Running my V+ box in RGB widescreen mode, through my widescreen 32" LCD TV (viewsonic). Standard channels (bbc1,2,3,4 ITV1,2,3,4 Ch4 + Ch5) are great, most other channels only show in 14:9 or simular small screen mode. When I chage the aspect ratio of my TV from auto to another size I end up with either stretched bodies, or missing heads.

I get the same reults when I drive my TV through HDMI on 720 or 1080.

Have tried all the settings on my V+ box.

Any ideas.

[rdhw]

The only effect of the so-called "widescreen" setting is to stretch 4:3 material to 16:9. I cannot understand why anyone would wish deliberately to distort material like that, but that's all it does.

The non-widescreen setting sends 16:9 material as 16:9, and 4:3 material as 4:3 with black margins on the 16:9 display, which is fine by me.

You probably want the non-widescreen setting, and use your TV's features for any other scaling.

Note: some channels transmit widescreen material letterboxed on 4:3. With these channels, you will get black borders on all four sides on a 16:9 screen, unless your TV can zoom to fit.

[mrm1]

Originally Posted by marvin666

Is it me?

Is anyone else having trouble with the picture size on some channels?

Running my V+ box in RGB widescreen mode, through my widescreen 32" LCD TV (viewsonic). Standard channels (bbc1,2,3,4 ITV1,2,3,4 Ch4 + Ch5) are great, most other channels only show in 14:9 or simular small screen mode. When I chage the aspect ratio of my TV from auto to another size I end up with either stretched bodies, or missing heads.

I get the same reults when I drive my TV through HDMI on 720 or 1080.

Have tried all the settings on my V+ box.

Any ideas.

Have you set your box to 720 WIDE or 1080 WIDE instead of 720 or 1080? It is easy to miss, just hit the left arrow a couple more time when selecting your picture type.