Adjusting the Image Quality
Details of each aspect ratio are as follows.
Normal mode
4:3 image
The aspect ratio of the images being input is maintained, and the images are projected into a 16:9 screen area.
If projecting images in 4:3 mode such as normal TV broadcasts and computer images, black bands will be displayed at the left and right as shown in the illustration at left.
HDTV images
Squeeze mode
When projecting 4:3 TV images recorded in squeeze mode
4:3 image
Zoom mode
Letterbox images
If projecting HDTV images, they will be projected in 16:9 format.
Viewed using the projector
This is used when projecting images that have been recorded in squeeze mode using a video camera or DVD recorder.
When viewing images recorded in squeeze format on a 4:3 TV, the images will compressed in the horizontal direction and elongated vertically. If squeeze mode is selected for the projector, the images can be projected in their original wide format (16:9).
When the projector's squeeze
mode is applied
When images output in 4:3 format are projected using the projector's squeeze mode, the images will be extended horizontally and the image will appear elongated.
Resized to 16:9
Images in letterbox mode from equipment such as a DVD player will be cut at top and bottom by a fixed amount and resized to 16:9 format.
If this causes captions to be truncated from images that have them, use the "Zoom Caption" menu command to adjust. (p.33)
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