Peter Yang
Auditioning
- Joined
- Mar 19, 1999
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I am using Dish HD receiver and only EXPN HD picture aspect ratio is not rught. Why is that? Is there any reason why ESPN have to broadcast with wrong asepct ratio???
they should let us do our own kind of stretching because their's sux big time. I'd much rather see a good HD signal with side bars than I had stretched like they do it. It takes away from the HD quality IMO.Therein lies the rub—most TVs lock in on 16:9 the moment they detect a 1080i or 720p signal and at that point you can’t do anything with the picture.
ESPN is reacting to what they perceive as their customer’s preferences. If you think this is not the case, there are a lot of posts in this forum, which specifically is OAR, where people have questions about using the various stretch modes on their sets.
Think what the demand must be for those who are not concerned with OAR issues.
. Are you saying some other sets automatically stretch the picture to fit 16:9?No, what I’m saying is that most sets have that image locked in and you can’t change it. What you are seeing is a 16:9 telecast with the 4:3 image plus the side bars as fillers to make up a 16:9 image. Most TVs will not allow a change.
So it is the opposite on ESPN, when they are telecasting a SD, 4:3 image. They stretch the 4:3 image to fit the 16:9 frame and you cannot change it (most sets).
ESPN does show some HD telecasts. Their Sunday night football is HD I am pretty sure. But most right now is SD. We hope for more in the future.
It's pitiful though.... they should let us do our own kind of stretching because their's sux big time. I'd much rather see a good HD signal with side bars than I had stretched like they do it. It takes away from the HD quality IMO.They only stretch their standard def 4:3 material and then broadcast it on their HD station. Their "true HD" material like "Playmakers" and the Sunday Night NFL game are broadcast in 16:9 720p format. So, you are not getting a stretched HD signal, you are getting a stretched, upconverted standard definition signal which isn't much better than their analog broadcast anyway.
Therein lies the rub—most TVs lock in on 16:9 the moment they detect a 1080i or 720p signal and at that point you can’t do anything with the picture.In Peter's case, with the Dish 6000, he can adjust aspect ratios. However, this won't help as the source is that nasty stretched 4x3 most of the time.
For the record, I agree-- let us do the stretching or zooming on our own. The broadcasters should provide OAR.