LordGreystoke:

Thank you guys for all the answers! As my set top box does not have any possibilities for switching between 4:3 and 16:9, it looks like I have to buy myself a new telly! But I'm really very found of the MX-series!

I'd rather get a new STB 😁 Seriously, I have never seen a box without a 4:3/16:9 setting. What is it?

This is the box: http://www.fujitsu-siemens.co.uk/rl/servicesupport/techsupport/ProfessionalPC/ESPRIMO/Q/EsprimoQ5020.htm

 LG

Hi:

Someone should come along to correct me if I am wrong. A lot of the following advice is based on assumption having had a brief look at your "set top box":

I have concluded that this is not a simple set top box at all but more of a mini media server. I think that this is running windows XP and as such is more PC than television receiver. It may well have a freeview decoder installed yet this is secondary to its main function which is to stream media to all things on your wireless network.

I imagine that when you watch televison on this you have to do it through a piece of software. If this software does not allow you to do 16:9 then you will have to install another piece of software that does. However there may be compatibility issues with the decoder unit built into the machine.

This could all be a gross misunderstanding but I think I am right.

If you just want to watch freeview in 16:9 just get a cheap box that does only this for about £15 and it will solve your problem a lot easier than messing around with software, whch I think is what you are going to have to do in this situation.

Thanks

Graham

Thank you Graham! I think you're right! But what kind of box could change the picture to 16:9? Do you have a link to a web site?

Kind regards

LG

Hi:

Where do you live (UK?)? If so any Freeview box will do the trick and you can pick these up from any electronic store. I am unsure as to the roll-out of freeview in Europe - I have only spent long periods in Spain and France and in the places I stayed, they used cable or sky.

I live in Norway, and I don't think there are any Freeview boxes around here. So, the only solution for me - it looks - is to buy myself a MX4200. If I can find one ;-)

"Freeview" is a strictly UK only term for what the rest of the Europe calls terrestrial digital broadcasting, or DVB-T. Dunno if that helps, but in any case it's not a box that will convert the signal from the whatever player thing you have there now - it's a separate device for watching off-the-air broadcasts. Maybe