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Old 14th Dec 2017, 5:31 pm   #28
dseymo1
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Default Re: 16:9 to 4:3 Converter?

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Originally Posted by ntscuser View Post
More and more Freeview channels force letterboxing even when pan & scan is selected, the BBC is particularly annoying in that respect.
Presumably, pan & scan requires intervention on the broadcaster's part to follow the action. I don't know whether that's done manually or via some sort of computer algorithm, but it's understandable that they don't want the trouble of doing it for what must by now be a small audience.
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