[doveman2]

Composit I'm not aware that there is any signaling of 16/9 on a composit output, so HDMI will be the solution to go for the right aspect and a clear picture :-). I have never seen any issues on HDMI with wrong AR if it is implemented correctly on the broadcasters side.

EDIT: there is WSS signaling in PAL signals, the question is if it is implemented in the Firmware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widescreen_signaling

I'm only setting this up with composite as that's the only option my brother has on his TV. I use HDMI myself normally.

The fact that OE correctly detects one 4:3 programme and sets the view mode to Normal but leaves another on Stretch 16:9 is a separate issue of course, regardless of composite/HDMI, although to be fair the distortion with it set to a pixel ratio of 0.92 (with Stretch 16:9) instead of 1.00 (with Normal) probably isn't that obvious to most people.