[mythtv] 4:3 content on 16:9 HDTV & Black bars - revisited

[Jason W. Thompson]

What brand of HDTV do you have?  Do you leave myth front end on for long 
periods of time without turning the TV off?

On Tuesday 14 September 2004 10:12, Buechler, Mark R wrote:
> I asked a question a few months ago about watching 4:3 content on a 16:9
> screen with the black vertical bars. I didn't get much of a response and I
> really haven't thought of it much until recently when I looked at a movie
> which had some bright (almost white) scenes and I noticed, very clearly,
> the effects of the black bars. The 4:3 area of the screen looks noticeably
> more yellow than the black-barred portions. I looked at the code and it
> seems the black bars are generated from an X definition of black (possibly
> coming from xcolormap?). I'm not real familiar with X calls.
>
> I'd like to slow down the effect of the black bars by adjusting the black
> to a dark gray. Before I look further into it, has anyone already done so?
> Is there a patch already out there? I'm quite concerned after seeing the
> effects on a TV which is only a year old and doesn't get much use during
> the day.
>
> Thanks, Mark.
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