Fozzie Bear
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This may seem a daft question but have the FTA broadcasts changed recently in their screen ratio format?
I have fairly recently changed my antenna to a Labgear log periodic from a Televes DAT 75. I am getting a much better picture from London (Crystal Palace??) now. However I have noticed recently that there are black bars at the top and bottom of the picture indicating that the whole screen is not being used. This applies to all channels including Channel 4 but not when they are transmitting Super Nanny or American soaps like Frazier? In this case the whole of the screen is used. At first I thought it was my new antenna/distributiona amp setup, but dismissed this because of the Ch4 sitcom difference above. I even have the issue on my new Sense 26" lcd, and changing from 4.3 to 14.9 or 16.9 makes no difference to the blank area top and bottom of the picture.
It only appears to be on the analogue channels not the digital ones as my Sony 32" widescreen CRT tv with built in digital tuner is fine on digital and so are the pictures from my Wharfdale STB on the Sense.
It is most annoyiong on my Sharp LC20SH1E in the kitchen as there is no way in the setup to change the picture format. Unless anyone knows how to hack the OSD .
Am I missing something or is this something I will have to put up with?
Fozzie
I have fairly recently changed my antenna to a Labgear log periodic from a Televes DAT 75. I am getting a much better picture from London (Crystal Palace??) now. However I have noticed recently that there are black bars at the top and bottom of the picture indicating that the whole screen is not being used. This applies to all channels including Channel 4 but not when they are transmitting Super Nanny or American soaps like Frazier? In this case the whole of the screen is used. At first I thought it was my new antenna/distributiona amp setup, but dismissed this because of the Ch4 sitcom difference above. I even have the issue on my new Sense 26" lcd, and changing from 4.3 to 14.9 or 16.9 makes no difference to the blank area top and bottom of the picture.
It only appears to be on the analogue channels not the digital ones as my Sony 32" widescreen CRT tv with built in digital tuner is fine on digital and so are the pictures from my Wharfdale STB on the Sense.
It is most annoyiong on my Sharp LC20SH1E in the kitchen as there is no way in the setup to change the picture format. Unless anyone knows how to hack the OSD .
Am I missing something or is this something I will have to put up with?
Fozzie