Aspect ratio on 4:3 footage (Yesterday channel)

[CaptMainwaring]

Hello everyone, festive greetings!

I have noticed that the Yesterday channel on Virgin Media does not display 4:3 footage in the correct aspect ratio; instead everything is stretched out to widescreen.

For example, classic viewing such as Porridge and Open All Hours are unwatchable due to the stretched out imagery.

This is an issue on both the TV and the Virgin TV Go app, but curiously the same issue does not afflict the UK Gold channel, which renders the correct format.

I recall the Sky Go app was rendering correctly just over a year ago when I last had it.

Has anyone else noticed this? It seems like a Virgin Media issue.

Thanks very much and happy 2022.

[CaptMainwaring]

Amazing, thanks for your help on this

[ozsat]

Have established that this is wrong on Sky too - but is correct on Freeview.

[CaptMainwaring]

Most intriguing, maybe sky and VM share the same faulty source…

[ozsat]

Some channels are sourced from satellite. VM are aware of the ongoing issue to chase but the fix is not for them to do.

[CaptMainwaring]

Understood- thanks for your help on this!