[mythtv-users] Discovery HD is driving me nuts

[Steven Adeff]

On 3/3/06, Raphael Pooser <rpooser at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Can someone comment on a good method to display SD letterboxed content
> on an HD screen?
> To clarify:  I record some of the Discovery channel stuff that comes
> through broadcasted in a letterbox 16:9 image with black bars on the top
> and bottom.  The broadcast itself is still 640x480i, SD; the black bars
> on the top and bottom are actually information, creating an overall 4:3
> video stream.  The image you see on screen is a 4:3 image consisting of
> a 16:9 image sandwiched in the middle.  Think of some popular shows that
> get broadcasted in this format like Nip-Tuck on FX to see what I'm saying.
> The thing I want to do is find a way to display the image as if it were
> just a 16:9 on my widescreen TV.  Currently I have a PC hooked up to the
> TV through the "PC input" (vga connector) on the TV and I'm streaming
> the video from the mythtv backend.  Because of this I can't use the TV
> controls to zoom or crop the image - I have to do it on the PC.  But I
> just can't seem to find a way to get rid of the black bars.  Has anyone
> with a similar set up found a good way?
> Raphaek

Have you tried changing the aspect ratio? I think one of the modes is
for this case.
--
Steve