widescreen tv`s

[jamwan55]

i recently bought a 28" widescreen tv (200 quid from tesco)
its working fine but does any one know how to keep it on widescreen, when i change channels through sky the picture jumps from widescreen to a small box shape screen. very annoying.

[Loosehead]

It can only show what's transmitted, a lot of stuff is still transmitted in the old format. Does it play wide screen dvd's ok?

[aggiela]

My Mum has the same television and you have to change it everytime you change to sky i'm afraid.

[Confab]

If you have a widescreen TV set that to 16:9 and your digibox also in the Services menu > Picture Settings.

[len_1]

ditto above answer. You need to set up both the TV and the sky box to 16:9..

Or you can just set up the sky box to 16:9 and then the tv will change depending on the transmission.

[spaced]

also, some tv have automatic picture selection. Mine has, I just went into the settings and turned it off so now it stays at 16:9

[Whickerman]

sounds to me like you should try changing the settings on your sky box - go to services, picture settings.

[romko]

Your Tv is working correctly. Unless the programme or film was recorded in 16:9, the correct viewing format is 4:3. Putting 4:3 material into 16:9 mode results in distorted, unnatural picture (most noticeably, everyone has fat heads!) . As others have said, you can adjust the sky settings, ideally it should automatically detect 16:9 or 4:3 and adjust the pic.