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Quick Question after self set up
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I have just done a self set up and have the box working. I think I have all the settings right, however can someone just confirm that universal HD has the black side bars or have i missed a setting. I have a widescreeen tv. The programme discriptions have a W in the info box so I asumed no black lines.
Sorry if this is a silly question, I just want to make sure I'm getting the full benifit
Thanks
Sorry if this is a silly question, I just want to make sure I'm getting the full benifit
Thanks
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Whether flagging 4:3 programmes as wide on HD channels is the right thing to do is open to debate, but it's not actually wrong to do so.
What you're seeing is a 4:3 programme pillar-boxed into the 16:9 frame, which results in the sides of the frame being transmitted as black.
There's been plenty of (quite heated) debate about this, including very recently here -
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1432031
Personally I think the channels presenting 4:3 legacy material in this way is absolutely correct, but unfortunately you lose the option of manually stretching the picture to fill the screen, if that is your preference, when it's on an HD channel.
So, in answer to your question, your set-up is almost certainly correct, the programme is just being transmitted like that!
If you press and hold the power buttin for 5 seconds, it will go red, but in that state, it is totally off, and will not record (quick way to reboot box).
Amber means it is in power saving mode, and is off, but will record.