[mythtv-users] Discovery HD is driving me nuts

[Scott Alfter]

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Raphael Pooser wrote:
> 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.

Press W a couple or three (?) times to select 4:3 Zoom mode.  I watch
Battlestar Galactica this way, and it expands the image to fill the screen
without distorting it.

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