[vdr] Re: Black Border on BBC TV sport transmissions

["Ray Glendenning" <ray.glendenning@hackery.demon.co.uk>]

Hi

They do this because some people get confused/annoyed when they have to
switch between 16:9 and 4:3 (or wonder why their new 16:9 tv shows people
with 'fat' heads).  Channel 5 used to do it all the time but have improved
in the last year or so.

Ray
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Salt" <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 6:24 PM
Subject: [vdr] Re: Black Border on BBC TV sport transmissions


> I demand that Brian Dorling may or may not have written...
>
> > anyone else watching the European Football on BBC via sat?
>
> No, or at least I'm not. (DVB-T.)
>
> > Even the Wimbledon transmissions have the same effect. I have the
strange
> > effect that there is a black border around the screen. I checked the
> > properties and according to projectX they are sending;
>
> > -> video basics: 720*576 @ 25fps @ 0.7031 (16:9) @ 15000000bps,
>
> > So it really looks as if they are sending a black border.
>
> They are. There may be something else in the stream which indicates this,
but
> I doubt it; I see a black border even on my TV (4:3, with a DVB-T STB).
>
> > I tried 4*3 and 16*9 seettings in VDR and that just screws up the
> > proportions.
>
> You /could/ use a 16:9 display... ;-)
>
> > Is this normal for BBC Sport?
>
> It's normal for the BBC and Channel 5. ITV and C4 generally get it right,
> IME, though you've probably noticed the borders which ITV Sport are
using...
>
> FWIW, I have a few commands for this kind of thing in my
> ~/.gxine/keybindings: set_zoom(133), set_zoom(114) and set_zoom(100).
>
> -- 
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>
> I'd like to, but I'm going through cherry cheesecake withdrawal.
>
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