I'm a professional photographer by profession and as such I visit many people's homes for portraits, pre wedding shoots etc. And one thing that I spot more with peoples' TVs,more often than not, especially with a Sky or Cable box and a 16:9 screen is that invariably the box is obviously set to 4:3 and the TV is zoomed for the picture to fit the screen. Consequently there are great chunks of picture missing either side and people seem to think that this is normal!
Now I hope I'm wrong, but my guess is that the installers of the set-top-box, whether it's satellite or cable, aren't taking the care to set up the box correctly or in some cases, possibly don't even realise that aspect ratios exist.
Just an observation that frustrates me
Richard
Now I hope I'm wrong, but my guess is that the installers of the set-top-box, whether it's satellite or cable, aren't taking the care to set up the box correctly or in some cases, possibly don't even realise that aspect ratios exist.
Just an observation that frustrates me

Richard