Foxtel Digital - Letterboxed, PillarBoxed channels

[Matthew Harrison]

Two or three channels seem to be letterboxed AND pillarboxed at the same
time, leaving a square in the middle of the TV with the content. I have
set the box for 4:3 TV and Widescreen output - most channels display in
4:3 or in widescreen as appropriate, but others do not.

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[keith1507]

are the channels you are talking about showtime and showtime +2 because if they are they wont be in full widescreen untill a later date.

[Chris Runner]

What channels are these?
"Matthew Harrison" <m.harrison@craznar.com> wrote in message
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> Two or three channels seem to be letterboxed AND pillarboxed at the same
> time, leaving a square in the middle of the TV with the content. I have
> set the box for 4:3 TV and Widescreen output - most channels display in
> 4:3 or in widescreen as appropriate, but others do not.
>
> --
> Fancy a bowl of soup, love a nice icecream, adore a chocolate cake?
> Suggest you re-evaluate your life.

[Matthew Harrison]

keith1507 wrote:
> are the channels you are talking about showtime and showtime +2 because
> if they are they wont be in full widescreen untill a later date.
>
>
NO - things like SBS, Fox8 and several other channels at various times.

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[Bob Starkey]

"Matthew Harrison" <m.harrison@craznar.com> wrote in message
news:c2p69m$1ugf55$2@ID-211226.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Two or three channels seem to be letterboxed AND pillarboxed at the same
> time, leaving a square in the middle of the TV with the content. I have
> set the box for 4:3 TV and Widescreen output - most channels display in
> 4:3 or in widescreen as appropriate, but others do not.
>
You do not say whether your TV is wide screen or 4:3.

On the widescreen channels, if your STB is set to 16:9 letterboxing, any 4:3
programmes will be pillarboxed within the letterboxed 16:9 frame. The
pillarboxing is in the broadcast transmission. In the transition to
widescreen, some widescreen programmes are being broadcast in 4:3 with 14:9
or 16:9 letterboxing, such as Showtime.

[Bob Starkey]

"Bob Starkey" <xxxnospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Matthew Harrison" <m.harrison@craznar.com> wrote in message
> news:c2p69m$1ugf55$2@ID-211226.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Two or three channels seem to be letterboxed AND pillarboxed at the same
> > time, leaving a square in the middle of the TV with the content. I have
> > set the box for 4:3 TV and Widescreen output - most channels display in
> > 4:3 or in widescreen as appropriate, but others do not.
> >
> You do not say whether your TV is wide screen or 4:3.

Sorry, you do say it is 4:3.

[keith1507]

can you tell me what type of tv you have exp: widscreen or standard. and what type of cables you are useing exp: scart to rcs, svideo or rbg or a scart to scart and what settings you have in the picture settings menu.

[Matthew Harrison]

Bob Starkey wrote:
> "Matthew Harrison" <m.harrison@craznar.com> wrote in message
> news:c2p69m$1ugf55$2@ID-211226.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
>>Two or three channels seem to be letterboxed AND pillarboxed at the same
>>time, leaving a square in the middle of the TV with the content. I have
>>set the box for 4:3 TV and Widescreen output - most channels display in
>>4:3 or in widescreen as appropriate, but others do not.
>>
>
> You do not say whether your TV is wide screen or 4:3.

I do say.

> > On the widescreen channels, if your STB is set to 16:9 letterboxing, any 4:3
> programmes will be pillarboxed within the letterboxed 16:9 frame. The
> pillarboxing is in the broadcast transmission. In the transition to
> widescreen, some widescreen programmes are being broadcast in 4:3 with 14:9
> or 16:9 letterboxing, such as Showtime.

That does explain it, so Fox8 is shown widescreen - but a 4:3 picture is
being broadcast - giving me a pillerboxed imaged widescreened for
display on my TV.

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