Black side stripes

Why when i watch euro2004 game on cable to i get two thick black stripes up the sides of my picture. Yet when i watch it on terrestrial its fine?

Im watching it in 16:9

Thats the way the Beeb (not watched ITV) are sending it out, its a 4:3 pic in a 16:9 frame. thats the way the host countries TV company will be providing it.

Bacause the pictures from Portugal are not in widescreen.

[Tricky]

IF you watch on EuroSport (when they have the game on) then they have it in full screen (although it might be a cut top and bottom job). And you need to put up with their commentators (beats ITV's though!)

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar

Thats the way the Beeb (not watched ITV) are sending it out, its a 4:3 pic in a 16:9 frame. thats the way the host countries TV company will be providing it.

BBC and ITV are the same. But as i said, its fine on terrestrial but not on NTL. So seems to me NTL are screwing it up?

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by gary_580

BBC and ITV are the same. But as i said, its fine on terrestrial but not on NTL. So seems to me NTL are screwing it up?

It's the same on Sky, black bars on each side as it should be to maintain the correct aspect ratio.

Originally Posted by gary_580

BBC and ITV are the same. But as i said, its fine on terrestrial but not on NTL. So seems to me NTL are screwing it up?

Terrestrial Digital or analogue? Analogue is only ever 4:3.
The pictures you have on cable are from Terrestrial Digital.

Still easier to blame everything on ntl.

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar

Terrestrial Digital or analogue? Analogue is only ever 4:3.
The pictures you have on cable are from Terrestrial Digital.

Still easier to blame everything on ntl.

terrestrail analogue fills the screen but NTL digital doesnt.

blame it on NTL???? So your telling me that it couldnt be processed to fill a screen correctly?

Originally Posted by gary_580

terrestrail analogue fills the screen but NTL digital doesnt

Widescreen or 4:3 TV ?

[Tristan]

It's not NTL. The BBC are broadcasting 16:9 (with pillarboxing during matches) on all digital platforms. This is because all their studio stuff and graphics are 16:9, and they don't like to broadcast anything 4:3 these days at all.

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar

Widescreen or 4:3 TV ?

widescreen

[iadom]

Originally Posted by gary_580

terrestrail analogue fills the screen but NTL digital doesnt.

blame it on NTL???? So your telling me that it couldnt be processed to fill a screen correctly?

Mine is the same, but it is just my TV stretching the picture on terrestial because I have 16.9 set as default. If you switch your TV to "auto" you will see exactly what is being transmitted, nowt to do with Ntl.

Originally Posted by Tristan

It's not NTL. The BBC are broadcasting 16:9 (with pillarboxing during matches) on all digital platforms. This is because all their studio stuff and graphics are 16:9, and they don't like to broadcast anything 4:3 these days at all.

hmmm is that how the widescreen TV decides what is the best size to use? I seen it on Digital where it changes size part way through a program, so wasnt sure if it was something in the signal that decided the screen size.

Originally Posted by gary_580

widescreen

Then you are using your TV incorrectly. BBC and ITV analogue broadcasts are 4:3. You are horizontally stretching and hence distorting the pictures to fit.
Your ntl box is sending the picture it recieves from the BBC, which is a picture with black bars down either side.

Originally Posted by iadom

Mine is the same, but it is just my TV stretching the picture on terrestial because I have 16.9 set as default. If you switch your TV to "auto" you will see exactly what is being transmitted, nowt to do with Ntl.

mine is on auto