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JHB50 · 12-11-2006, 07:58 PM

I have a Sony 32 LCD. Gives me Normal/Full/Zoom/WideZoom on 480 sources and Full/Zoom/WideZoom on 720 and 1080 sources.
I receive my DT OTA. One local DT channel has 1 720 16:9 HD feed, 1 480 (640) 4:3 feed and 1 480 (704) 16:9 feed. The first is ABC, the second CW network and the third is FOX. (Yes they are all on the same digital channel, simply two DT feeds of the analog stations)

The first 2 work fine and zoom and stretch as they should..., Problem is the third one...in Normal mode the 4:3 picture is squished horizontally, and only looks 4:3 'normal' when stretched horizontally by Full mode, but then neither Zoom nor WideZoom fills the screen horizontally because it is already stretched.

I want to tell the station about this but I don't know what the problem is...is it simply because the have put a 4:3 into a 16:9 aspect mode feed which can be fixed by changing to the 704x480 4:3 aspect ratio or did they do something else to squish it?

12-11-2006, 07:58 PM	#77
JHB50 High Definition is the definition of life. Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 42	Squished 4:3 I have a Sony 32 LCD. Gives me Normal/Full/Zoom/WideZoom on 480 sources and Full/Zoom/WideZoom on 720 and 1080 sources. I receive my DT OTA. One local DT channel has 1 720 16:9 HD feed, 1 480 (640) 4:3 feed and 1 480 (704) 16:9 feed. The first is ABC, the second CW network and the third is FOX. (Yes they are all on the same digital channel, simply two DT feeds of the analog stations) The first 2 work fine and zoom and stretch as they should..., Problem is the third one...in Normal mode the 4:3 picture is squished horizontally, and only looks 4:3 'normal' when stretched horizontally by Full mode, but then neither Zoom nor WideZoom fills the screen horizontally because it is already stretched. I want to tell the station about this but I don't know what the problem is...is it simply because the have put a 4:3 into a 16:9 aspect mode feed which can be fixed by changing to the 704x480 4:3 aspect ratio or did they do something else to squish it?