Re: Black borders for non-HDTV video feeds...

Wes Newell <w.newell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:12:59 -0600, ANTant wrote:

> > I am using a HDTV tuner in my PC. I wasn't sure if this was normal for
> > regular TVs with HDTV tuners. With non-HDTV for TV shows, do they also
> > show black borders on all four sides? If so, then how come tuners/TVs
> > don't automatically zoom in? I don't mind the top and bottom black bars
> > due to wide screen format.
> >
> On my PC or my set top box, I can set the default mode to whatever. I'm
> running MythTV on the PC, and the set top box is an RCA ATSC11.
> Personally, I have the default turned off in the PC. That way SD broadcast
> come in full screen, and HD, and SD over HD broadcast come in as 16:9.
> Sometimes I'll zoom SD being broadcast as HD and sometimes I won't.:-)
> I've got the RCA hooked up to an analog TV, so I set it to 16:9 zoom I
> think for a default on HD channels and regular on SD channels, I think.
> Automatic just wouldn't suit everyone I don't believe.

What software you using? I am using DVB Viewer, but it is quite limited to
this HDTV tuner card. :(
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