HDMI aspect ratio - UE40H5500

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q8v08
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HDMI aspect ratio - UE40H5500

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I currently have my toshiba hdd/vcr/dvd/dvb-t combined recorder hooked up via hdmi and my tv is displaying all 4:3 content as 16:9 720x576p, "It has the following output resolutions 576p,720p,1080i,1080p"
I've switched between the internal dvb-t on the tv and it correctly shows 4:3 as 4:3 with the following settings
Picture Size: Auto Wide
4:3 Screen Size: 4:3

selecting 4:3 on hdmi gives me 4:3 as wanted, but for some reason you have to manualy set this when wanting to display 4:3 over hdmi instead of 16:9, when I goto the menu,
picture size: auto wide and screen fit
are both grayed out along with the 4:3 screen size option, is there anyway to get it to auto switch between 4:3 & 16:9 like it does for dvb-t? I heard renaming the hdmi outputs locks / unlocks various settings but i'm none the wiser with the above :-(
can you guys offer any advice?
could the problem be it's upscaling to 576p instead of outputting 576i, will I have to settle for using rgb-scart instead for autoswitching between 4:3 and 16:9, both the above two options are available for rgb-scart unlike hdmi where there grayed out, i'm guessing there disabled for component also?
q8v08
Posts: 25
Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:47 pm

Re: HDMI aspect ratio - UE40H5500

Post by q8v08 »

Further reading of the e-manual states auto-wide only works over rgb-scart and composite, ah well :(

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