Picture-Black Border

P-E · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:15

Apologies if I don't explain this one very well.......soon find out if anyone replies

I have got a LCD TV and view through a Freeview box and when viewing Sky news some of the outside broadcasts/reports sometimes show a black border down the sides.

The border can be wider on one side than the other.

Can someone explain why this is to a noob and if it can be corrected.

Matblack · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:20

Probably because the transmission is 4:3 and the screen is wide screen, have you set you sky box to letterbox?

There maybe a stretch to fir option on your TV too, but obviously this will distort the pic to fit the screen

MB

P-E · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:29

Matblack said:
Probably because the transmission is 4:3 and the screen is wide screen, have you set you sky box to letterbox?

There maybe a stretch to fir option on your TV too, but obviously this will distort the pic to fit the screen

MB

I just noticed this happens on my CRT TV downstairs.

Not set my TV to letterbox.........should this be set to it?

Edit Sorry meant my Freeview box to letterbox not my TV

Matblack · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:46

P-E said:
I just noticed this happens on my CRT TV downstairs.

Not set my TV to letterbox.........should this be set to it?

Edit Sorry meant my Freeview box to letterbox not my TV

yep if you can set it to 16:9 not 4:3

MB

P-E · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:53

Matblack said:
yep if you can set it to 16:9 not 4:3

MB

I can set Freeview box to 16:9 but then it wont let me set to letter box..........I can when it is set to 4:3 :confused:

Matblack · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:06

P-E said:
I can set Freeview box to 16:9 but then it wont let me set to letter box..........I can when it is set to 4:3

16:9 is letter box

MB

P-E · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:16

Matblack said:
16:9 is letter box

MB

I knew that

Freeview box has the following options;

Display Mode 16:9 or 4:3
Display Format Normal or Letterbox

So should it be 16:9 and Normal?

Or 4:3 and Letterbox then I can stretch the picture with the TV settings?

Matblack · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:33

P-E said:
I knew that

Freeview box has the following options;

Display Mode 16:9 or 4:3
Display Format Normal or Letterbox

So should it be 16:9 and Normal?

Or 4:3 and Letterbox then I can stretch the picture with the TV settings?

Surely it should be 16:9 and Letterbox?

MB

P-E · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:35

When I set Freeview box to 16:9 the Display format defaults to normal and won't let me change it :confused:

Matblack · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:43

P-E said:
When I set Freeview box to 16:9 the Display format defaults to normal and won't let me change it

That'll be fine

MB

P-E · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:47

Matblack said:
That'll be fine

MB

So thats what it should be and the black border thing is down to the fact the broadcast was done in 4:3?

P-E · 13 Mar 2006 at 20:28

Mikol said:
Spot on. Much like yesterday when watching the six nations, the broadcast was French and not recorded in widescreen, therefore those watching on Sky/Freeview received a 4:3 broadcast but in widescreen therefore all viewers on 16:9 sets could see black borders.

Thanks for that...........you have educated the old man again

By the way Matblack I managed to get hold of one of the QED Scarts thanks.