Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
I normally have my HDR-FOX set to "pillar box" and that gives me the result I want the vast majority of the time: 16:9 broadcasts are 16:9 (ie full screen) on the widescreen TV, broadcasts of 4:3 material are presented with black bars at the sides to maintain the 4:3 aspect ratio. If I were to be using "auto", 4:3 material would be stretched to fill 16:9 - so people would look short and fat.
This works for M*A*S*H (1900-2000) on True Entertainment (LCN 61), but not for The Avengers following it: it appears that the 4:3 original is being given black sidebars by the broadcaster to make it 16:9 at source, but transmitted with the 4:3 flag! This results in my pillar box setting adding further sidebars, so that the original video frame is now squashed up tall and thin! Pillocks. I have to switch to auto for The Avengers and then back to pillar box for M*A*S*H.
The current set of adverts still have the 4:3 flag despite being 16:9, so now the meerkats are short and fat!
(The Avengers is a load of antiquated rubbish, but Diana Rigg is a bit of a heart-throb!)
This works for M*A*S*H (1900-2000) on True Entertainment (LCN 61), but not for The Avengers following it: it appears that the 4:3 original is being given black sidebars by the broadcaster to make it 16:9 at source, but transmitted with the 4:3 flag! This results in my pillar box setting adding further sidebars, so that the original video frame is now squashed up tall and thin! Pillocks. I have to switch to auto for The Avengers and then back to pillar box for M*A*S*H.
The current set of adverts still have the 4:3 flag despite being 16:9, so now the meerkats are short and fat!
(The Avengers is a load of antiquated rubbish, but Diana Rigg is a bit of a heart-throb!)