[mythtv-users] Anyone using an HD-PVR with a Moto DCH-3200?

[Robert McNamara]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Marc Barrett <mnealbarrett at cox.net> wrote:
> I am still considering getting a Hauppauge HD-PVR before
> the sale by Dell Home expires at the end of the month.  One
> little thing concerns me, though.  On the MythTV HD-PVR
> wiki, there is this little blurb:
>
>   "For Motorola STBs, it is also important to set the "4:3 Override"
>   option to Off or Stretch. For some Motorola STBs, both the aspect
>   ratio settings and output resolution controls can be found by powering
>   down the STB and then pressing the Menu button."
>
> My Motorola DCH-3200 does not have this option per se.  The
> closest I can find is in the options for the 1080i and 720p output
> formats, which can be set to "sidebar 4:3 image, "stretch 4:3
> image", or "keep 4:3 image".  With my current firewire-based
> system, I have it set to "stretch 4:3 image", but 4:3 programs
> (usually commercials during HD broadcasts) still appear as
> not taking the whole screen.


I wouldn't sweat this setting-- I wrote that little blurb back when
resolution switching was dicey/broken, but it has improved
substantially since.  Try just using it first, it should by all
accounts be just fine with the latest revision of the driver and
trunk.  Yes, that particular sentence *might* need some revision, but
I'll wait to get confirmation that it's no longer necessary (and I
can't see why it should be) before removing it.  Let me know?

Robert