ViewSonic VPW450HD Widescreen 169 Aspect Ratio Viewing Modes, Understanding Widescreen Modes

Widescreen (16:9 Aspect Ratio) Viewing Modes

Understanding Widescreen Modes

This plasma display is capable of displaying a widescreen image on the native 16:9 aspect ratio screen. However, not all available broadcast or video con- tent fits perfectly in a widescreen (16:9) format resulting in unused screen space. Please use the following guidelines to determine suitable widescreen viewing modes available that best support the type of broadcast / video con- tent you wish to display. All widescreen viewing modes are available by pressing the WIDE key. Pressing the WIDE key will repeatedly cycle through:

For 4:3 Aspect Ratio (Square) Content

Content from TV, VCR, and some DVD’s are format- ted using a “square” 4:3 format:

Then we recommend the following three viewing options:

For Widescreen Content

Many popular DVD titles are “anamorphic” (wide- screen); however, there are two predominant “anamorphic” (widescreen) aspect ratios: 2.35:1 and 1.85:1. When 2.35:1 content is displayed on this 16:9 widescreen display, you will notice smaller black bars on top or bottom of the screen. When a 1.85:1 content is displayed, you will still see black bars, but not as large as 2.35:1.

4:3	16:9 (FULL)	PANORAMA
(NORMAL)	The original 4:3	The original 4:3
In 4:3 mode, the	image is propor-	image is
original 4:3	tionally	stretched only
image is pre-	stretched to fill	on the left and
served but black	the entire	right sides to fill
bars are added to	screen.	the screen, leav-
the extra space		ing the center
on the left and		image
right.		unchanged.

Notes:

If you do not want to see the black bars when playing back a widescreen movie, you can set to ZOOM 2 or ZOOM 3 to fully stretch the image.

ZOOM: 1	ZOOM: 2	ZOOM: 3
Zoom1 shifts the	Zoom 2 is set to	Zoom 3 is set to
image up to	stretch 1.85:1	stretch 2.35:1
facilitate the dis-	content to full	content to full
play of sub-	screen eliminat-	screen eliminat-
titles.	ing the black	ing the black
	bars.	bars.

1.4:3 and Panorama modes are not available when zoom mode is engaged.

2.When using Component 1 and Component 2 inputs to display 480p, 1080i or 720p, Panorama mode is not available.

3.When using RGB or DVI inputs, only 4:3 and 16:9 modes are available.

4.Do not stay in 4:3 mode for an extended period, as this may cause a permanent after-image to remain on your screen.

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