wide, 16:9, 4:3

[Guest wcseow]

Hi

Apologies if this q sounds stupid

 

Got my Samsung R71. Connect the digital Startub to Pioneer DVD recorder(via AV) and then from DVD recorder to R71. Set up the digital box to output widescreen but I still cannot get to see proper picture on R71 when set it to 16:9. Still only get proper picture only at 4:3.

 

Why?

 

Is widescreen and 16:9 the same?

 

Play a DVD disk that says widescreen format, but it stil does nto fill up the R71 screen at 16:9 mode...

 

thanks

[Guest jonlee]

For a start, all broadcast AT THE MOMENT are only 4:3.  Thus, the pic will always look funny (people become fatter) on a 16:9 (or widescreen) display.

 

For dvd that are widescreen, they are usually 1.85 or 2.35 :1.  A 16:9 display is only 1.77:1.  Thus, u will still see some black bars on the screen.

[Guest wcseow]

For a start, all broadcast AT THE MOMENT are only 4:3.  Thus, the pic will always look funny (people become fatter) on a 16:9 (or widescreen) display.

 

For dvd that are widescreen, they are usually 1.85 or 2.35 :1.  A 16:9 display is only 1.77:1.  Thus, u will still see some black bars on the screen.

Hi, thanks.

 

So the Starhub digital setup box does not work for widescreen?

 

To see widescreen in full, then we need to buy widescreen LCD TVs then? and those typical LCDs on the market (like Toshiba Wl66, Sony V-series) will not support widescreen?

 

thanks

 

[basspundit]

Check your tv manual for the zoom modes that are available, there are certain modes that fill up the 16:9 totally with correct aspect ratio, however there will be some cropping involved, either the subtitles or the top would be snipped. You would not be able to view the full 4:3 with the correct ratio in 16:9

 

Hi

Apologies if this q sounds stupid

 

Got my Samsung R71. Connect the digital Startub to Pioneer DVD recorder(via AV) and then from DVD recorder to R71. Set up the digital box to output widescreen but I still cannot get to see proper picture on R71 when set it to 16:9. Still only get proper picture only at 4:3.

 

Why?

 

Is widescreen and 16:9 the same?

 

Play a DVD disk that says widescreen format, but it stil does nto fill up the R71 screen at 16:9 mode...

 

thanks

[karlie]

 

Which starhub setup box?

 

I have seen that in both the SCV Digital setup box and in the SCV DVR the output selction is fixed at "4:3" (the menu exists but the the value cannot be changed).

 

AFAIK, only the HD trial will have 16:9 output

 

[Guest jonlee]

Don't think there is any widescreen content for starhub digital at the moment.  The upcoming HD box will be widescreen (16:9).

 

For dvd, in order to fill the complete screen, u can either use the function from the dvdp or from your widescreen TV.  Some of them will have a function to expand the 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 image into 1.77:1 to fill up the whole 16:9 screen.  However, u will either loose some image at the edge or the man will look thinner as the image is expanded vertically.

 

Hi, thanks.

 

So the Starhub digital setup box does not work for widescreen?

 

To see widescreen in full, then we need to buy widescreen LCD TVs then? and those typical LCDs on the market (like Toshiba Wl66, Sony V-series) will not support widescreen?

 

thanks

 

[Guest wcseow]

Which starhub setup box?

 

I have seen that in both the SCV Digital setup box and in the SCV DVR the output selction is fixed at "4:3" (the menu exists but the the value cannot be changed).

 

AFAIK, only the HD trial will have 16:9 output

 

It is the Digtail setup box, with grey and black color. it does allow me to setup for "standard" and "widescreen"

 

thanks

[karlie]

 

interesting, so they changed the firmware since I changed to the DVR box....

 

[Guest wcseow]

interesting, so they changed the firmware since I changed to the DVR box....

 

 

hi sorry, what is the dvr box?

[pschia]

interesting, so they changed the firmware since I changed to the DVR box....

 

I just got my dvr set-top box and the aspect ratio cannot be changed either. Although it is not greyed out, it is fixed at 'Standard' and cannot be changed.  ???

 

[Guest wcseow]

I just got my dvr set-top box and the aspect ratio cannot be changed either. Although it is not greyed out, it is fixed at 'Standard' and cannot be changed.  ???

 

 

hi pschia

u can choose standard or widescreen but no effect, right?

[varun1624705824]

hi sorry, what is the dvr box?

 

She's talking about the new Starhub digital video recorder, which replaces the standard digital set-top box, and includes a 120 GB HDD recorder with full program-guide integration and plenty of bugs. ;-)

 

- V.

 

[Guest wcseow]

oh..thanks. the one that they are promoting with SmartTV.

[karlie]

She's talking about the new Starhub digital video recorder

 

That would be "he", not "she"

[varun1624705824]

That would be "he", not "she"

 

apologies.

 

- V.

 

[pschia]

hi pschia

u can choose standard or widescreen but no effect, right?

No. The menu show Standard and the right arrow head  indicates that it can be changed but there is no response when pressed. So the aspect ratio is stuck at Standard it seems.

[Guest wcseow]

No. The menu show Standard and the right arrow head  indicates that it can be changed but there is no response when pressed. So the aspect ratio is stuck at Standard it seems.

 

Mmm..my set allows me to change though  ???

[pschia]

Mmm..my set allows me to change though  ???

Yours is the digital cable set-top box and not the SmartTV DVR set-top box right?

[Guest wcseow]

Yours is the digital cable set-top box and not the SmartTV DVR set-top box right?

 

Yes, that's correct