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Old 22-09-2003, 08:57
RedImp
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I have a Sony KV28LS36 tv. When watching a 4:3 program on Sky Digital and I set the tv to 4:3 mode, it is is obvioulsy pillarboxed, but the picture is actually square not rectangular ie 3:3 not 4:3 if you know what I mean.

Can this be corrected because it looks as if everything is squashed up and makes viewing very difficult.
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Old 22-09-2003, 13:42
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If the picture in the box looks squashed then you should leave the TV in 16:9 mode as it sounds like the Sky box is already converting the picture (presumably you have told the Sky box you have a 16:9 TV). HTH
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Old 22-09-2003, 14:07
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Does this still happen if you view an analogue channel on the TV, i.e. without the Sky box?
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Old 22-09-2003, 14:36
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I haven't tried it on analogue.

The digibox is indeed set to 16:9. The tv is set up to auto-switch to wide when it detects at 16:9 broadcast and to revert to 4:3 pillarbox when not.
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Old 22-09-2003, 22:07
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It will almost certainly be the set geometry - I have seen it many times before.

Sadly it needs an engineer and pattern generator to fix it.

Do circles look compressed like eggs?

If so that's the answer.
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Old 23-09-2003, 07:22
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Thanks for your responses, it is still under warranty so I presume I'll be able to get it sorted.
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