
Direct Button Operation
VIEW MODE
You can select the screen size.
1Press VIEW MODE.
• The View Mode menu displays.
• The menu lists the View Mode options selectable for the type of video signal currently being received.
2Press VIEW MODE or a/b while the View Mode menu is displayed to select a
desired item on the menu.
• You can sequentially select a View Mode that has its own aspect ratio.
• You can have the same settings by choosing "View Mode" on the menu items. (See page 30.)
■For HD programs
Stretch  | Dot by Dot (Full Screen)  | S.Stretch (Smart stretch)  | Zoom  | ||||
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Suitable for viewing wide-  | Dot by Dot (1080i/p only): | Suitable for stretching 4:3  | Suitable for viewing wide-  | 
screen 1.78:1 aspect ratio  | Detects the resolution of the  | programs to fi ll the screen.  | screen 2.35:1   | 
program, stretch mode will still  | signal and displays an image  | 
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show very thin black bands  | with the same number of  | 
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at the top and bottom of the  | pixels on the screen.  | 
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screen.  | Full Screen (720p only): You  | 
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•When using Dot by Dot or Full Screen, it is possible to see noise or bars around different outer portions of the screen. Please change view mode to correct this.
■For 4:3 programs
Example: Screen size images
  | Side Bar  | S.Stretch (Smart stretch)  | Zoom  | 
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Suitable for viewing  | Suitable for stretching 4:3  | Suitable for viewing wide-  | This mode is useful for 1.78:1  | 
conventional 4:3 programs in  | programs to fi ll the screen.  | screen 2.35:1 anamorphic  | DVDs. When viewing 1.85:1  | 
their normal format.  | 
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■For USB-Video,  DLNA-Video  or Internet applications
Example: Screen size images
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Keeps the original aspect ratio in a full screen display.
Displays an image by an original size.
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