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Reppy
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My 36ZP48 arrived yesterday and, although the stand itself was faulty, I managed to set everything up. After trawling through the various posts here, I've managed to get an awesome picture on this set (thanks guys). However... I have problems with the picture size/ratio when watching Sky broadcasts.
The TV doesn't always change the ratio of the picture, although BBC1 seems to correctly change to "WIDE". I realise that many channels still broadcast in 4:3, but what is generally the best mode to watch 4:3 on the ZP48 (WIDE, SUPER LIVE, 14:9, 4:3 etc)? It seems to default to "SUPER LIVE", but that effectively zooms the picture and trims the top an bottom - I'm not happy watching like this. I find that manually changing the TV to "4:3" results in a slightly vertically stretched picture! Surely 4:3 broadcasts should look perfect (apart from the left and right borders) in "4:3" mode?
I also find that once I manually change the setting to (say) "4:3" that auto-mode selecting stops functioning!
FYI, I have my Sky box set to 16:9 and 4:3L for the secondary setting (whatever that is for). I'm coming from a 30" 4:3 set, so I've not had to deal with the various broadcast ratios before.
How do you other ZP46/48 owners view everyday Sky broadcasts?
TIA
The TV doesn't always change the ratio of the picture, although BBC1 seems to correctly change to "WIDE". I realise that many channels still broadcast in 4:3, but what is generally the best mode to watch 4:3 on the ZP48 (WIDE, SUPER LIVE, 14:9, 4:3 etc)? It seems to default to "SUPER LIVE", but that effectively zooms the picture and trims the top an bottom - I'm not happy watching like this. I find that manually changing the TV to "4:3" results in a slightly vertically stretched picture! Surely 4:3 broadcasts should look perfect (apart from the left and right borders) in "4:3" mode?
I also find that once I manually change the setting to (say) "4:3" that auto-mode selecting stops functioning!
FYI, I have my Sky box set to 16:9 and 4:3L for the secondary setting (whatever that is for). I'm coming from a 30" 4:3 set, so I've not had to deal with the various broadcast ratios before.
How do you other ZP46/48 owners view everyday Sky broadcasts?
TIA