324. TV Operation and Features
TV Signals and Display Formats
This is a 16:9 widescreen TV suitable for images avail- able from HDTV and many DVDs. You can view older- style squarish images (4:3 aspect ratio) using one of the display formats described on this page. Press the FORMAT key to cycle through the available display formats. The TV remembers the format you last used for each input.
DVD Image Definitions
Image information may be stated on the DVD case. Some DVDs support both of the formats described below.
Anamorphic (or Enhanced for WideScreen TV)
Indicates DVDs recorded to show widescreen images prop- erly on 16:9 TV sets using the TV’s Standard format mode (recommended).
Non-Anamorphic (or 4:3, 1:33:1, Letter Box, or Full Screen)
Indicates DVDs recorded for viewing on squarish TV screens. They may be full screen (4:3 or 1:33:1) which crops movies to fit the narrow TV, or letter box, which adds black top and bottom bars.
Signal Definitions
480i: Traditional interlaced signals from
480p:
720p and 1080i:
SD 4:3:
SD 16:9:
HD 16:9:
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Standard | Distorted. |
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Expand | Recom- |
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Zoom | Distorted. |
| Recommended |
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Stretch | Recom- |
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| standard |
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TV Display Formats. Press the FORMAT key repeatedly to see the displays available for the current program. Press the INFO key to see the name of the display format in use.
Note 1: Available for 480i, 480p, and digital SD 4:3 signals only.
TV Display Format Definitions
Standard: This is the
Expand: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by cropping the top and bottom; useful for reducing the letter box top and bottom bars of
Zoom: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by cropping the sides, top, and bottom to eliminate black bars. 480i/480p and SD 4:3 signals: Eliminates top and bottom bars on anamor- phic DVDs with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. 720p, 1080i, SD 16:9, and HD signals: Eliminates bars added to 4:3 images.
Stretch: Stretches a narrow 4:3 image across the screen to display the entire image with less distortion than the Standard format.
Stretch Plus: Similar to Stretch, but minimizes distortion on the sides by expanding the picture to crop off portions of the top and bottom. You can adjust the vertical position of the picture. Press VIDEO repeatedly to show the Vert Adjustment
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Narrow: Displays narrow 4:3 images in their original shape. Adds black side bars to fill the screen.
Wide Expand: Enlarges the picture, cropping the image on both sides. Removes or reduces black side bars added to narrow images converted to 16:9 signals for digital broadcast.
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