Hi,
I have Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE (2048x1536, 4:3 aspect ratio) and would like to connect it to a 4:3 old CRT SD-TV and get tablet screen mirrored in fullscreen since aspect ratios are the same after all.
I've tried Samsung MHL 2.0 HDTV adapter together with a HDMI to AV adapter, and the result is both pillarboxed and letterboxed picture on TV. It seems that MHL adapter always outputs 16:9 picture, thus pillarboxing the original 4:3 content, and then HDMI to AV adapter simply letterboxes the received 16:9 input into 4:3 output as that's the target aspect ratio for this CRT TV.
So, I guess the issue is in MHL adapter converting everything into 16:9 format. However, I 'm not sure if this happens because of input resolution (2048x1536) is bigger than 1080p, or it's just something that MHL adapters do. I haven't tried to pass 1024x768 through MHL as my tablet is not rooted, so if someone could try this and see if that works, that would be awesome!
Is there any workaround around this? I guess changing resolution on the tablet to 16:9 would help eliminate the pillarboxing, but content would still be letterboxed. TV itself does not have any zooming capabilities, btw.
Is there maybe some HDMI scaler/converter/whatever device that can zoom the central part of the image to fit the screen or am I pretty much screwed with this TV?
Thanks!
I have Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 LTE (2048x1536, 4:3 aspect ratio) and would like to connect it to a 4:3 old CRT SD-TV and get tablet screen mirrored in fullscreen since aspect ratios are the same after all.
I've tried Samsung MHL 2.0 HDTV adapter together with a HDMI to AV adapter, and the result is both pillarboxed and letterboxed picture on TV. It seems that MHL adapter always outputs 16:9 picture, thus pillarboxing the original 4:3 content, and then HDMI to AV adapter simply letterboxes the received 16:9 input into 4:3 output as that's the target aspect ratio for this CRT TV.
So, I guess the issue is in MHL adapter converting everything into 16:9 format. However, I 'm not sure if this happens because of input resolution (2048x1536) is bigger than 1080p, or it's just something that MHL adapters do. I haven't tried to pass 1024x768 through MHL as my tablet is not rooted, so if someone could try this and see if that works, that would be awesome!
Is there any workaround around this? I guess changing resolution on the tablet to 16:9 would help eliminate the pillarboxing, but content would still be letterboxed. TV itself does not have any zooming capabilities, btw.
Is there maybe some HDMI scaler/converter/whatever device that can zoom the central part of the image to fit the screen or am I pretty much screwed with this TV?
Thanks!
