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Chapter 5: Using the TV’s basic features
Selecting the picture size
You can view many program formats in a variety of picture
The way the image displays in any of the picture sizes will vary depending on the format of the program you are viewing. Select the picture size that displays the current program the way that looks best to you.
Your picture size preferences can be saved for each input on your TV.
To select the picture size:
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Picture Size
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•You also can repeatedly press Ito select the desired picture size (or press Bb on the remote control while the Picture Size screen is open).
•Full may not be available for some program formats (it will be “grayed out” in the Picture Size screen).
•You also can select the picture size using the menu system. Select Picture Size in the Theater Settings menu. Select
the input for which you want to save your picture settings. To save your settings, highlight Done and press T.
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Using these functions to change the picture size (i.e., changing the height/ width ratio) for any purpose other than your private viewing may be prohibited under the Copyright Laws of the United States and other countries, and may subject you to civil and criminal liability.
Natural picture size
•The image is displayed close to its originally formatted proportion. Some program formats will display with sidebars and/or bars at the top and bottom.
Natural picture size example: The way the image displays will vary depending on the format of the program you are currently watching.
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TheaterWide 1 picture size (For 4:3 format program)
•The center of the picture remains close to its original proportion, but the left and right edges are stretched wider to fill the screen.
TheaterWide 1 picture size example
TheaterWide 2 picture size (for letter box programs)
•The picture is stretched wider to fill the width of the screen, but only slightly stretched taller.
•The top and bottom edges of the picture are hidden. To view the hidden areas, see “Scrolling the TheaterWide® picture” (- page 28).
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TheaterWide 2 picture size example
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