Pillarboxing 4:3 content on a 16:9 display

[spacecadet]

I have an MVP extender hooked up to a 16:9 display. My issue is that 16:9 content (like a DVD) displays correctly, but all of my 4:3 content (SD recordings, AVIs) is stretched to fill the screen. I would prefer to view the 4:3 content in the correct aspect ratio with the pillar boxing.

I know that on my SageTV Server, I can get an options menu with choices like "Fill, Source, etc", but this menu doesn't appear to be an option on my MVP (perhaps I am missing something?).

Any thoughts on what I need to do here?

[perf]

Doesn't your TV have aspect ratio settings you can use? I have one MVP hooked up to a 16:9 TV and have just programmed buttons on my remote to set the TV to "fill" or "4:3" (ie pillarboxed). If the MVP was to output pillarboxed, the resolution would suffer.

/Per

[spacecadet]

Originally Posted by perf

Doesn't your TV have aspect ratio settings you can use? I have one MVP hooked up to a 16:9 TV and have just programmed buttons on my remote to set the TV to "fill" or "4:3" (ie pillarboxed). If the MVP was to output pillarboxed, the resolution would suffer.

/Per

Yes, my TV does have those options, but my primary remote isn't very good (it doesn't learn and can't change the TV's aspect ratio). So, when I want to watch pillar boxed, I have to dig through a drawer to grab the proper remote and change the TV's output setting. Would be nicer if the MVP could just do this for me.

[bcjenkins]

I would think that any content from the MVP would be considered 4:3 source to the TV. The SVideo connection is a 480i output. It sounds as though your TV is doing the stretching and not SageTV.

B