Picture format
Pressing PICTURE SIZE repeatedly scrolls through the following options.
Manual format setting
4:3
It shows a 4:3 picture in original size with black bands on left and right side.
FULL SCREEN:
Stretches the left and right hand sides of a 4:3 picture horizontally to fill the screen, while leaving the centre of the picture unstretched.
Note: | (FULL SCREEN) |
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¥In this mode the picture is geometrically distorted on the left and the right sides of the screen.
16:9 |
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This mode is used with 16:9 signals from the |
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Digital tuner, a DVD player or other external |
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source. This uniformly stretches a 4:3 image |
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horizontally to fill the screen (For example, a | (16:9) |
16:9 image is often stored ÔanamorphicallyÕ |
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on a DVD, where the 16:9 image is stored as a horizontally compressed 4:3 image - this mode restores the image to its correct 16:9 proportions).
CINEMA:
This mode is used to
the screen. | (CINEMA) |
Note:
¥In the CINEMA mode, part of the picture may be slightly cut off due to the expansion. However, it is possible to scroll the picture up or down to view the top or bottom part of the picture (see page 18).
¥If you operate OSD functions such as the EPG or Digital Menu whilst in the CINEMA mode, the screen will temporarily change to the FULL SCREEN mode.
14:9:
This enlarges a 4:3 picture to the 14:9 format.
(14:9)
AUTO:
Automatically selects the aspect ratio (see note to the right).
Note: When the
PICTURE SIZE is set to AUTO, the aspect ratio will automatically change according to the Wide Screen Switching (WSS) signal, if it is available. This may be either transmitted by the broadcasting TV channel, or via a recording from a VCR etc. Any WSS signal received will only be effective in the AUTO mode - however, some DVD players / Digital Decoders etc. will automatically switch the aspect ratio via the SCART input (Pin 8 switching), even if AUTO is not selected. In any case if you want to change to a different aspect ratio to the one selected automatically, you can change it by pressing
PICTURE SIZE.
In PC mode, the PIC- TURE SIZE feature is available only for 16:9 or 4:3 format. (In “WXGA INPUT” mode, the PICTURE SIZE feature is not avail- able.)
In HDMI or COMPO- NENT mode of scan- ning rate: 720p and 1080i, the PICTURE SIZE feature is avail- able only for AUTO and CINEMA format.
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