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A former member
I don't believe it real money bundles.
JA
james
Watching the part of the show in question, there doesn't seem to be a bundle drop down the chutes.
BA
bilky asko
james posted:
Watching the part of the show in question, there doesn't seem to be a bundle drop down the chutes.


I think one fell as they were dragging the money back.
DA
David
Channel 4 are showing a 4:3 episode of The Simpsons ("The Sibtrons") in 16:9 (with black bars at the side) on SD satellite.

EDIT : It was fixed after the adverts.
Last edited by David on 7 February 2012 6:12pm
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paul_hadley
David posted:
Channel 4 are showing a 4:3 episode of The Simpsons ("The Sibtrons") in 16:9 (with black bars at the side) on SD satellite.

EDIT : It was fixed after the adverts.


I always watch in HD because I don't like the way they stretch 4:3 shows on Channel 4 SD.

It always has the black bars on C4 HD.
DA
David
I always watch in HD because I don't like the way they stretch 4:3 shows on Channel 4 SD.


On what platform do they do that? On SD satellite, The Simpsons is always broadcast correctly apart from the first part of the episode last night.

Thinking about it, it would probably only be people watching on 4:3 screens such as myself that would have noticed the problem yesterday. People watching on a correctly set up 16:9 screen would have got black bars at the side of the picture that were part of the broadcast whereas normally they should get black bars on the side of the picture that are generated locally by the box or television. Apart from possibly a slightly softer picture, they wouldn't have seen any difference.


It always has the black bars on C4 HD.


As it should on all platforms (apart from the 16:9 episodes which Channel 4 haven't got to yet).
PA
paul_hadley
David posted:
I always watch in HD because I don't like the way they stretch 4:3 shows on Channel 4 SD.


On what platform do they do that? On SD satellite, The Simpsons is always broadcast correctly apart from the first part of the episode last night.

Thinking about it, it would probably only be people watching on 4:3 screens such as myself that would have noticed the problem yesterday. People watching on a correctly set up 16:9 screen would have got black bars at the side of the picture that were part of the broadcast whereas normally they should get black bars on the side of the picture that are generated locally by the box or television. Apart from possibly a slightly softer picture, they wouldn't have seen any difference.


It always has the black bars on C4 HD.


As it should on all platforms (apart from the 16:9 episodes which Channel 4 haven't got to yet).


The Simpsons on C4 SD is always stretched for me with no black bars (Sky+ HD box).
RE
remlap
David posted:
I always watch in HD because I don't like the way they stretch 4:3 shows on Channel 4 SD.


On what platform do they do that? On SD satellite, The Simpsons is always broadcast correctly apart from the first part of the episode last night.

Thinking about it, it would probably only be people watching on 4:3 screens such as myself that would have noticed the problem yesterday. People watching on a correctly set up 16:9 screen would have got black bars at the side of the picture that were part of the broadcast whereas normally they should get black bars on the side of the picture that are generated locally by the box or television. Apart from possibly a slightly softer picture, they wouldn't have seen any difference.


It always has the black bars on C4 HD.


As it should on all platforms (apart from the 16:9 episodes which Channel 4 haven't got to yet).


The Simpsons on C4 SD is always stretched for me with no black bars (Sky+ HD box).


That's your tellys fault sadly not accepting the 4:3 flag on HDMI, its annoyance we all have to deal with if you have SKY HD. Lucky I have setup a one click button to go between 4:3 and 16:9 on my Harmony remote.
RH
richard h
That was good tonight the announcer said The Simpsons and then said yep I've dropped the ball, I could have thought of something else to call it but I couldn't be bothered really
DA
David
Might we see the Channel 4 blocks for Deal or no Deal's 80s Love Week?
VM
VMPhil
That shot with current-day Noel pretending to a 70s/80s style TOTP link looks weird... like time has fallen in on itself.

What a strange theme... 80s OR love week I can get, but 80s Love week? Strange.
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baa
Love in the 80s, love for the 80s, its all there.

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