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prking – 15 hours ago »
Faust – 8 hours ago »
Biggles – 12 hours ago »
Faust – 1 day ago »
If you have the same options as I do with my 2000T then in settings go to video> screen ratio> set to 4.3 and Display Format to auto.
That will solve your problem though it is a faff and drives me nuts. As an alternative if you have a Panasonic TV (other TVs are available
) then select aspect ratio on the remote and 4.3 FULL. That also works.Obviously you will have to do the reverse for a modern 16.9 broadcast. Why Humax can’t sort this out to be handled automatically e.g. like our Panasonic TV does is beyond me.
I don’t see how you can blame Humax if you the operator decides to set up your box incorrectly. Surely common sense suggests that if you are feeding a 16:9 TV then you should set up the Humax, or any box, to output in 16:9 format. If you are not happy with the result then usually the TV has many aspect ratio options for you to get your desired result. If you are happy with short fat people then so be it but it is not the world as I know it.
The HDR 1000s handles this situation by selecting anamorphic, my Panasonic equipment shows me full screen whatever I’m watching (automatically).
Only the Humax 2000T has this bizarre way of displaying media. As far as I can see it’s yet another cost saving measure in an already stripped bare product.
I am pretty confident that I am in the majority (of ordinary folk) regarding this issue.
I disagree, I only know one person who likes stretchyvision. A straw poll of my friends and colleagues reveals a preference for material to be shown in as close as possible to the original aspect ratio.
To force the screen to be filled means either adding in something to fill the space or lopping off the top and bottom.
So you most definitely do not speak for me. Using your logic I am confident that the vast majority of people don’t care or prefer the original ratio.
I note your comments but do not agree – speaking as Mr Average.
Faust – 2 days ago »
I actually posed this question at work today and although not scientific the results were interesting. As soon as I mentioned the issue people were shouting across the office how they hated it when the old programmes ‘got shrunken’ on their large screen TVs.
There are thirty people on our floor and every single one of them said they altered the format in one way or another to make them full screen.
Taken as a straw poll it appears Mr & Mrs Average don’t like large black bars. As I said though, not scientific.
Interesting! I would never have imagined that an office like that exists.
I’ve never worked in one where people shout across the office workplace, let alone where everyone has an interest in TV to the extent that would participate in any sort of conversation that included it unless they were cornered.
Luke – 5 hours ago »
Faust – 2 days ago »
I actually posed this question at work today and although not scientific the results were interesting. As soon as I mentioned the issue people were shouting across the office how they hated it when the old programmes ‘got shrunken’ on their large screen TVs.
There are thirty people on our floor and every single one of them said they altered the format in one way or another to make them full screen.
Taken as a straw poll it appears Mr & Mrs Average don’t like large black bars. As I said though, not scientific.
Interesting! I would never have imagined that an office like that exists.
I’ve never worked in one where people shout across the office workplace, let alone where everyone has an interest in TV to the extent that would participate in any sort of conversation that included it unless they were cornered.
Glad I haven’t worked in your office environment then. We discuss most topics under the sun and just about everyone has an opinion.
A happy workforce is a productive workforce.
Faust – 5 hours ago »
Glad I haven’t worked in your office environment then. We discuss most topics under the sun and just about everyone has an opinion.
A happy workforce is a productive workforce.
Hope your boss isn’t reading this or he’d realise productivity could be increased by stopping this chit-chat about the virtues of distorted TV pictures and everything else under the sun. 😉
Biggles – 16 hours ago »
Faust – 5 hours ago »
Glad I haven’t worked in your office environment then. We discuss most topics under the sun and just about everyone has an opinion.
A happy workforce is a productive workforce.
Hope your boss isn’t reading this or he’d realise productivity could be increased by stopping this chit-chat about the virtues of distorted TV pictures and everything else under the sun. 😉
Assuming said boss is a ‘man’ is a somewhat sexist remark don’t you think? 😯
Faust – 6 minutes ago »
Assuming said boss is a ‘man’ is a somewhat sexist remark don’t you think? 😯
Yes I suppose it is but it’s the world I’ve always lived in so is the norm for me, bit like some people and distorted TV pictures.
On a more serious note my previous flat wide screen CRT telly (Panasonic) had an aspect ratio setting that stretched 4:3 pictures more at the edges than in the middle. This was when most broadcasts were in 4:3 or 14:9 at best. This looked very strange with a profile head shot as the back of the head would grow if the head moved to the edge of the screen, I couldn’t get used to that.
Biggles – 4 hours ago »
On a more serious note my previous flat wide screen CRT telly (Panasonic) had an aspect ratio setting that stretched 4:3 pictures more at the edges than in the middle. This was when most broadcasts were in 4:3 or 14:9 at best. This looked very strange with a profile head shot as the back of the head would grow if the head moved to the edge of the screen, I couldn’t get used to that.
If I remember correctly the process is described as anamorphic (distorted in one direction but not the other).
The original HD transmissions were so described because they used 1440 x 1080 pixels. The pixel aspect ratio was not square but rectangular. On a Full HD screen you had to rescale horizontally only to create 1920 square pixels.
grahamlthompson – 4 hours ago »
If I remember correctly the process is described as anamorphic (distorted in one direction but not the other).
The original HD transmissions were so described because they used 1440 x 1080 pixels. The pixel aspect ratio was not square but rectangular. On a Full HD screen you had to rescale horizontally only to create 1920 square pixels.
Not only that but non linearly distorted horizontally, stretching the picture more as you got closer to the edge.
I always use Anamorphic setting on our 1000s (as do most other people I know with this box). Makes watching TV a much more pleasurable interaction. What a great pity our 2000T hasn’t got the same option.
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