On Saturday 07 May 2005 14:29, Darren Salt wrote: > I demand that Laurence Abbott may or may not have written... > > [snip] > > > Sometimes when I examine a recording with mplayer, it shows up as 704x576 > > instead of the normal PAL resolution of 720x576! > > Was that broadcast on ITV1? I think it was ITV2 but near enough! > > (Not sure about my 'suspect' recording, though.) I thought everything was > > broadcast at the same resolution? > > On Freeview, at least, there's a mixture of 720x576, 704x576 and 544x576. Ahh...I'd always assumed that it was all broadcast at 720x576 and any black borders were added to make up the frame. Cheers, Laz