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<blockquote data-quote="techsc" data-source="post: 363286" data-attributes="member: 83594">Hello,MP is connected to a 16:9 Format LCD Flat Screen at the native analog Resolution of 1024x768 Pixels.The Problem:TV- (DVB-T), DVD- and Videos in Widescreen-Format (16:9, 16:10, Cinema etc.) show large black bands on top and bottom of the picture. Regular TV-Format Pictures (4:3 etc.) are fine without a band. To get rid of the black bands I started playing with the zoom modes (Normal, Zoom, Stretch, etc.). However, the bands did never go away completely - they are still very large!Now, I've used the 'Pixel Ratio Adjustment' feature within MP. And here goes my general question:The feature states 'Important for best quality change rectangle so it's perfectly square'.Well, before adjusting anything, the rectangle showed already perfectly square! I played with it and found with a setting of 1.59 and a corresponding rectangle with large vertical sides and short horizontal sides the black bands in the widescreen movies vanished - while all regular formats (4:3 etc.) having still showing fine without any cropping or distortion!- Is this the right procedure to remove the black bands?- Why does it look like the 4:3 formats aren't affected by the pixel ratio adjustment ?Could someone explaing how this all can make sense?TV-Server Version: 1.0MediaPortal Version:1.0MediaPortal Skin: Blue3WideWindows Version:XP Pro SP3</blockquote>

[QUOTE="techsc, post: 363286, member: 83594"] Hello, MP is connected to a 16:9 Format LCD Flat Screen at the native analog Resolution of 1024x768 Pixels. The Problem: TV- (DVB-T), DVD- and Videos in Widescreen-Format (16:9, 16:10, Cinema etc.) show large black bands on top and bottom of the picture. Regular TV-Format Pictures (4:3 etc.) are fine without a band. To get rid of the black bands I started playing with the zoom modes (Normal, Zoom, Stretch, etc.). However, the bands did never go away completely - they are still very large! Now, I've used the 'Pixel Ratio Adjustment' feature within MP. And here goes my general question: The feature states 'Important for best quality change rectangle so it's perfectly square'. Well, before adjusting anything, the rectangle showed already perfectly square! I played with it and found with a setting of 1.59 and a corresponding rectangle with large vertical sides and short horizontal sides the black bands in the widescreen movies vanished - while all regular formats (4:3 etc.) having still showing fine without any cropping or distortion! - Is this the right procedure to remove the black bands? - Why does it look like the 4:3 formats aren't affected by the pixel ratio adjustment ? Could someone explaing how this all can make sense? [b]TV-Server Version[/b]: 1.0 [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]:1.0 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: Blue3Wide [b]Windows Version[/b]:XP Pro SP3 [/QUOTE]

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