Sky Digital .. BBC

[vixpy1]

Is anyone else experienceing breaking up of the pick on the bbc channels at the mo.. or is it just me :scratchchin:

[scorp]

Just you, i happened to be watching bbc world 10 minutes ago, seems fine to me

My unit has the rare habit of reporting "no satellite signal is being received" which is probably a software fault as it can be fixed by power cycling the box.

[fid]

Does anyone else get the problem of having the black lines at the top and bottom of something in widescreen, even when you're watching it on a widescreen tv?

[scorp]

fid said:

Does anyone else get the problem of having the black lines at the top and bottom of something in widescreen, even when you're watching it on a widescreen tv?

Has the box been told its on a wide screen tv? (common problem with dvd players). Movies often use a more rectangular ratio than widescreen tv's (1:1.85 for cinema vs 14:9 for home widescreen), so you still have bars at the top and bottom unfortunately.

[BliarOut]

Could be the satellite signal bouncing off a nearby glass trinket

[Fatboy]

BliarOut said:

Could be the satellite signal bouncing off a nearby glass trinket

PMSL

[chris.mapey]

It's solar flare activity.

- I'll keep quiet now

Chris

- no really it is...

[scorp]

chris.mapey said:

It's solar flare activity. - I'll keep quiet now Chris - no really it is...

I'll put my money on the Sky unit being crap.

I thought the last solar 'peak' or whatever it's called was around year 2000? next one around 2011 sometime ?

[Hilts]

fid said:

Does anyone else get the problem of having the black lines at the top and bottom of something in widescreen, even when you're watching it on a widescreen tv?

Depends on the aspect ratio of the film, most are shot in 2.35:1 which on even on widescreen will give you the black bars. Fims at 1.85:1 will fill you'll whole screen.

Will say on the back of the DVD what ratio.