Fujitsu plasmavision user manual Screen Size, Aspect Ratio

WATCHING PICTURES ON THE WIDE SCREEN (Continued)

SCREEN SIZE

Normal (Video/RGB)

Displays pictures of normal size (i.e., a 4:3 aspect ratio).

Wide1 (Video)

Displays natural-looking pictures of standard size on the wide screen.

Picture of

standard size

Wide1

Wide2 (Video)/Wide (RGB)

Ideal for displaying vertically extended pictures such as squeezed pictures.

Zoom1 (Video)/Zoom (RGB)

Enlarges horizontally extended pictures equally in all directions to maintain the aspect ratio constant.

Zoom2 (Video)

Reduces the height of horizontally extended pictures with captions, without eliminating the caption. Only the height of pictures is reduced, not the height of the caption.

(Captions may not be easy to read, however, depending on the picture.)

Vertically

extended picture

Horizontally

extended picture

Horizontally extended picture with caption

Wide2

Zoom1

Zoom2

ASPECT RATIO

The following aspect ratios are available.

4:3 aspect ratio
				4
(VHF/UHF broadcasting, BS broadcasting)
		3
1.85:1 aspect ratio
			1.85
(Vista Vision size)
	1

16:9 aspect ratio (HDTV broadcasting)

2.35:1 aspect ratio (Cinema Vision size)

1

16

9

2.35

Note

You may find dark areas on top and at the bottom of the screen if you select one of the Zoom modes for media while using the Vista Vision or Cinema Vision size i.e., the sizes used frequently for picture software.

• Functions may not be available with some models and some device options.

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