
Operation
Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings
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Anamorphic | ANA |
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| Active Image Area |
| proportioned. This is best suited |
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| for use with 16:9 DVDs and |
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| HDTV programming. |
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Standard 4:3 | 4X3 |
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| the center of the 16:9 screen. |
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| Active Image |
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Letterbox | LET |
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| BOX |
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| top and bottom portions are |
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| Active Image Area |
| “blanked off.” Letterbox is best |
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| a 16x9 image. |
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Cinema |
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| image and the upper and lower |
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Virtualwide 2.35 |
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| vertically in both directions to fill |
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| a 16:9 image. Virtualwide 2.35 is |
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| CineWide option (secondary |
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| anamorphic lens). |
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