Seems the so-called upgrade isn't really - or as far as what is immediately obvious. They may have fixed some problems which we cannot see, but what we can is... no more stretch mode.

I think we just want the option to be available and let us choose which mode.



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This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Mar 11 2010, 02:04 PM

I think the point we're trying to make is that we want the option to be available, whether we're purists and ok with black bars, whether we're ok with fatter Rooney or even if we're ok with headless - and defeeted - chickens

what if the update had taken away the pillarbox option?

who selected Zoom?? get with the program!! A lot more naturists (oops) than expected though...

and the guy who uses a 4:3 TV... why are you even in this thread?

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Mar 11 2010, 08:24 PM

Over the years I've given so many people pieces of my mind, I've got nothing left

there's a fine line between bravery and stupidity

while I agree that the purist way of watching 4:3 programmes is in pillar-box mode, I reserve the right to watch it the way I want to.

As well there are purists in audio who think that they should not listen in multichannel because they only have two ears, yet I like running my 2-channel audio through Dolby Prologic II or DTS:Neo.

Should AVR manufacturers remove the DPLII and DTS:Neo option because these are not the "correct" way of listening to stereo material?

I don't see how Astro, having cut the original 16:9 video to transmit in 4:3 have any right to tell us how to watch it. Why don't they transmit SD in 16:9 anyways? if you have a 4:3 screen you'll be letterboxed, and that would be ok because everyone is used to letterboxing.



This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Mar 14 2010, 10:01 PM

re: Prologic II/DTS:neo

A true audio purist would content that anything that messes with the original signal is not enhancing quality.

music producers these days are already distorting the music, but that's another story

... who is already fat.

what's wrong with leaving the Zoom option alongside the stretch?

in fact why not justify (whatever that is), stretch, zoom1, zoom2 and zoom3 like my TV has



This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Mar 16 2010, 03:40 PM

I dunno - they said they would broadcast F1 on ESPN HD - and they did. did they say it was sourced from HD?

maybe it's time to close this thread...

I think it is 1.1.2 (from 1.1.0)

there's a "fit to screen" option, but zoom disappears. I guess the 11 people who use it are going to be disappointed.

why do we even have open captions?

uhmm... you'd die for CBeebies?

I can imagine them censoring the heck out of Fashion TV, and that'll make it worthless

I'm more afraid of the SG scenario - IPTV wins broadcast rights to EPL, and football fans are forced to buy into two monopolies.

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Mar 21 2010, 11:41 AM