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llama · 14th Dec 2017, 12:45 pm

I think I have solved this for my installation (4:3 projector + 2 PVRs) but I'll need to do more tests. I found that unplugging the HDMI feed to the plasma TV and using the "yellow" phono socket output on my Humax FreeSat PVR it is possible to select 4:3 in the settings menu. I'll need to do more tests (and unfortunately I don't think I can do this on the BT YouView box) but it looks like it works with live, PVR recordings and iPlayer. I even went to the bother of recording a programme (see below) onto a DVD so I have a reference source.

A useful source of a decent size circle for geometry tests is "Something Special" from the Cbeebies channel. When the child taps the presenter's tablet one of the circles on it swells to fill most of the screen.
Graham

14th Dec 2017, 12:45 pm	#25
llama Octode Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: St Osyth, Nr Clacton, Essex, UK. Posts: 1,482	Re: 16:9 to 4:3 Converter? I think I have solved this for my installation (4:3 projector + 2 PVRs) but I'll need to do more tests. I found that unplugging the HDMI feed to the plasma TV and using the "yellow" phono socket output on my Humax FreeSat PVR it is possible to select 4:3 in the settings menu. I'll need to do more tests (and unfortunately I don't think I can do this on the BT YouView box) but it looks like it works with live, PVR recordings and iPlayer. I even went to the bother of recording a programme (see below) onto a DVD so I have a reference source. A useful source of a decent size circle for geometry tests is "Something Special" from the Cbeebies channel. When the child taps the presenter's tablet one of the circles on it swells to fill most of the screen. Graham __________________ Half my stuff is junk - trouble is, I don't know which half!