Playing 4:3 Ratio shows like DS9 and Voyager on new Smart TVs

[Tosk]

I figured the remote must have died

There's no way to know if this would help you, but some months back my Sony remote stopped working properly. The player would sometimes perform functions that were not the ones I pushed.

I opened up the remote and cleaned the (admittedly minimal) crud out of it, wiped down the board under the rubber buttons, just generally cleaned it all up. Works properly again now.

 

[Christopher]

There's no way to know if this would help you, but some months back my Sony remote stopped working properly. The player would sometimes perform functions that were not the ones I pushed.

I opened up the remote and cleaned the (admittedly minimal) crud out of it, wiped down the board under the rubber buttons, just generally cleaned it all up. Works properly again now.

To restate what I said the first time, since the replacement remote I bought didn't work any better than the original one, I think the problem must be with the player.

 

[Tosk]

I guess I zoned out half way through.

 

[korblborp]

absolutely abhor when channels and services stretch things instead of making them fit proper. nuts to hardware manufacturers for ignoring compatability with other hardware still in wide use.

i vaguely recall there was one channel that, when runnin tng specifically, put trivia and stuff in the sidebars.

didnt realise dirty pair was on tubi. fortunately i have all of them on dvd. wonder if that new english dub for the previously undubbed TV is available yet...

 

[Christopher]

didnt realise dirty pair was on tubi. fortunately i have all of them on dvd. wonder if that new english dub for the previously undubbed TV is available yet...

PlutoTV, not Tubi. And it's subbed, not dubbed.

 

[Forbin]

I too got a Sony BD player (region-free) that died within a year. I bought an exact replacement, figuring I just got a rare bad Sony, and having faith that Sony was always the best bet. The second one died in about 5 months. So I got an LG, which has been fine for at least 5 years now.

 

[korblborp]

PlutoTV, not Tubi. And it's subbed, not dubbed.

ah, my mistake. still...
but my wondering on dub wasn't related to the specific...
more that there was a kickstarter a few years ago for a remaster of the tv series, and for the women who did one of the english dubs for the OVA and movies to reprise their roles for the TV, which hadn't had a dub before.. but then crunchyroll bought the right stuf and disrupted things but it was supposed to still be coming along so i was just sort of idly wondering if it was available yet.

I too got a Sony BD player (region-free) that died within a year. I bought an exact replacement, figuring I just got a rare bad Sony, and having faith that Sony was always the best bet. The second one died in about 5 months. So I got an LG, which has been fine for at least 5 years now.

my LG is... 15 or more years old now and hasn't biffed it on any bluray i've put in it, yet.
trying to watch on my computer, though...