rescanned my TV since SBS2 is back, and Just saw FTA Nickelodeon airing 4:3 spongebob in 16:10, leaving pillarboxes on a 16:9 display. what a weird compromise.
August 21, 2026 at 6:12 AM
rescanned my TV since SBS2 is back, and Just saw FTA Nickelodeon airing 4:3 spongebob in 16:10, leaving pillarboxes on a 16:9 display. what a weird compromise.
I hate stretched images so if im on a widescreen display i'll always just take the pillarboxes to keep the aspect ratio correct lol.
August 19, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I hate stretched images so if im on a widescreen display i'll always just take the pillarboxes to keep the aspect ratio correct lol.
people keep fabricating ultrawide monitor arguments online who is acting like they're being forced to use or not use one, all that happens when games don't support it 90% of the time is that you get used to the pillarboxes in 3 minutes and then it's a normal 16:9 video game
August 19, 2026 at 3:20 PM
people keep fabricating ultrawide monitor arguments online who is acting like they're being forced to use or not use one, all that happens when games don't support it 90% of the time is that you get used to the pillarboxes in 3 minutes and then it's a normal 16:9 video game
July 25, 2026 at 10:17 AM
I think I'm going to have to stitch images together manually, at this point. Picking something that should be high enough resolution is instead crunching it down vertically, which reintroduces the pillarboxes. Can't win.
July 24, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I think I'm going to have to stitch images together manually, at this point. Picking something that should be high enough resolution is instead crunching it down vertically, which reintroduces the pillarboxes. Can't win.
Playing "Jedi: Fallen Order" on a super ultra wide monitor, and the cutscenes very cleverly mesh with gameplay by lining up camera and scene... But they are rendered in 16:9, resulting in pillarboxes popping in and out, ruining the effect lol
July 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Playing "Jedi: Fallen Order" on a super ultra wide monitor, and the cutscenes very cleverly mesh with gameplay by lining up camera and scene... But they are rendered in 16:9, resulting in pillarboxes popping in and out, ruining the effect lol
For Ghost Trick they just digitized the creator's dog, just stuck him in there
July 6, 2026 at 12:58 AM
For Ghost Trick they just digitized the creator's dog, just stuck him in there
other than that, i think widescreen hacks for retro 3D games are fine as long as they don't ruin the HUD/stretch the screen (trust me, i know the OCD-like response in my brain when i see black bars/pillarboxes all too well)
July 1, 2026 at 6:17 AM
other than that, i think widescreen hacks for retro 3D games are fine as long as they don't ruin the HUD/stretch the screen (trust me, i know the OCD-like response in my brain when i see black bars/pillarboxes all too well)
A pair of red (correio normal) and blue (correio azul) pillarboxes in Torres Vedras. #PostboxSaturday
June 20, 2026 at 6:48 AM
A pair of red (correio normal) and blue (correio azul) pillarboxes in Torres Vedras. #PostboxSaturday
I made it!
Either they weren't doing the EES thing at all today, or it just scanning your passport at the gate and the press have managed to make it sound like more faff than it is (no fingerprint taking for starters).
Either they weren't doing the EES thing at all today, or it just scanning your passport at the gate and the press have managed to make it sound like more faff than it is (no fingerprint taking for starters).
June 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I made it!
Either they weren't doing the EES thing at all today, or it just scanning your passport at the gate and the press have managed to make it sound like more faff than it is (no fingerprint taking for starters).
Either they weren't doing the EES thing at all today, or it just scanning your passport at the gate and the press have managed to make it sound like more faff than it is (no fingerprint taking for starters).
A pair of blue express and red normal (but in multicolour) pillarboxes near the presidential palace in Belém. #PostboxSaturday
May 30, 2026 at 5:07 AM
A pair of blue express and red normal (but in multicolour) pillarboxes near the presidential palace in Belém. #PostboxSaturday
Making sure all my custom games and TV shows in Tomodachi Life have pillarboxes because I don't want them to have a cropped or stretched widescreen experience with older media.
May 26, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Making sure all my custom games and TV shows in Tomodachi Life have pillarboxes because I don't want them to have a cropped or stretched widescreen experience with older media.
Funny thing is the monitor in my new cab might be the one she's using only it's been matted to cover the pillarboxes and give the impression it's not a widescreen monitor 😅
May 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Funny thing is the monitor in my new cab might be the one she's using only it's been matted to cover the pillarboxes and give the impression it's not a widescreen monitor 😅
There were about a dozen episodes from season 4 that I haven't watched yet.. I've archived them in my media center so they can be at my fingertips.. BTW some of them have pillarboxes hardcoded in so I run them through handbrake to crop that out!
April 27, 2026 at 2:56 PM
There were about a dozen episodes from season 4 that I haven't watched yet.. I've archived them in my media center so they can be at my fingertips.. BTW some of them have pillarboxes hardcoded in so I run them through handbrake to crop that out!
Personalmente prefiero pillarboxes negros que bezels o esto, pero si usas una panatalla OLED entiendo que te dé algo de ansiedad. No me parece mala idea una opción para colorear el espacio sin usar de forma dinámica, pero extender la imagen del juego tiende a ser más confuso que la alternativa.
April 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Personalmente prefiero pillarboxes negros que bezels o esto, pero si usas una panatalla OLED entiendo que te dé algo de ansiedad. No me parece mala idea una opción para colorear el espacio sin usar de forma dinámica, pero extender la imagen del juego tiende a ser más confuso que la alternativa.
La solución que usan aquí parece ser extender el layer de fondo y oscurecerlo fuera de 4:3 para que quede claro que en esa zona no hay sprites. Parece ser más bien un salvapantallas para los pillarboxes que otra cosa, al menos comparado con los hacks de 16:9 que hacen otros emuladores.
April 27, 2026 at 1:55 PM
La solución que usan aquí parece ser extender el layer de fondo y oscurecerlo fuera de 4:3 para que quede claro que en esa zona no hay sprites. Parece ser más bien un salvapantallas para los pillarboxes que otra cosa, al menos comparado con los hacks de 16:9 que hacen otros emuladores.
I've done Wirrral WW2 pillboxes & fire decoys, water courses, all accessible underpasses between Junction 1 and Junction 10 of the M53 motorway, and am moving on to documenting historical pillarboxes. I think accurately dating fingerposts could be next after that 🫣😀👍
March 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I've done Wirrral WW2 pillboxes & fire decoys, water courses, all accessible underpasses between Junction 1 and Junction 10 of the M53 motorway, and am moving on to documenting historical pillarboxes. I think accurately dating fingerposts could be next after that 🫣😀👍
That got me thinking ... I wondered if there are any Edward VIII pillarboxes, or did he abdicate before they got that off the ground?
Turns out there are, but they are rare. Apparently there is one near me in Birkenhead, so I'm gonna go and check that one out, sometime soon 👍
Turns out there are, but they are rare. Apparently there is one near me in Birkenhead, so I'm gonna go and check that one out, sometime soon 👍
February 28, 2026 at 8:20 PM
That got me thinking ... I wondered if there are any Edward VIII pillarboxes, or did he abdicate before they got that off the ground?
Turns out there are, but they are rare. Apparently there is one near me in Birkenhead, so I'm gonna go and check that one out, sometime soon 👍
Turns out there are, but they are rare. Apparently there is one near me in Birkenhead, so I'm gonna go and check that one out, sometime soon 👍
My dorky hot take of the day is that the worst thing you can do to try to fill a 16:9 screen with 4:3 video is to add that funhouse mirror effect along the sides that duplicates what's on the edge of the video. You're much better off just leaving black pillarboxes.
February 23, 2026 at 12:27 AM
My dorky hot take of the day is that the worst thing you can do to try to fill a 16:9 screen with 4:3 video is to add that funhouse mirror effect along the sides that duplicates what's on the edge of the video. You're much better off just leaving black pillarboxes.
The last of my photos of VR pillarboxes in Manchester. #PostboxSaturday
February 14, 2026 at 6:44 AM
The last of my photos of VR pillarboxes in Manchester. #PostboxSaturday
Another of Manchester's VR pillarboxes. #PostboxSaturday
February 14, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Another of Manchester's VR pillarboxes. #PostboxSaturday
One of the many VR pillarboxes in central Manchester. #PostboxSaturday
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
One of the many VR pillarboxes in central Manchester. #PostboxSaturday
I think all pillarboxes should have bells on... oh wait....just a recent festive scene in Holborn.
#PostBoxSaturday
#PostBoxSaturday
January 24, 2026 at 8:46 AM
I think all pillarboxes should have bells on... oh wait....just a recent festive scene in Holborn.
#PostBoxSaturday
#PostBoxSaturday
A video on my skyline was vertical with black pillarboxes but most of the video was horizontal with a blurry duplication effect to fill the frame and yes, Max who didn’t want to move off of 4:3 displays, we are fully in hell now
January 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
A video on my skyline was vertical with black pillarboxes but most of the video was horizontal with a blurry duplication effect to fill the frame and yes, Max who didn’t want to move off of 4:3 displays, we are fully in hell now
trying to figure out how to crop a 16:9 source with pillarboxes, to a 4:3 frame with kdenlive is tonight's headache material. closest i got was moving the source to the center so it gains letterboxes on top of the pillarboxes
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
trying to figure out how to crop a 16:9 source with pillarboxes, to a 4:3 frame with kdenlive is tonight's headache material. closest i got was moving the source to the center so it gains letterboxes on top of the pillarboxes