4. 3D TV Size
To enter the diagonal screen size of your HDTV. This option applies to 3D mode, to facilitate the player adjusts the 3D image for better visual quality.
The diagonal size of your TV screen, by default it is 46 inches.
5. TV Aspect Ratio
To set the aspect ratio of the player’s output image. The options are : 4:3 Letterbox – Choose this when the display is standard 4:3. A widescreen image is displayed in"letterbox" format with black borders on top and bottom.
4:3 Pan & Scan – Choose this when the display is standard 4:3. A widescreen image will be stretched.
16:9 Wide – Choose this when the display is widescreen 16:9. 16:9 materials will be displayed in its native aspect ratio, and 4:3 materials will be stretched horizontally.
16:9 Wide/Auto– Choose this when the display is widescreen 16:9. 16:9 materials will be displayed in its native aspect ratio, and 4:3 materials will be displayed with black borders on both sides in order to maintain the original 4:3 aspect ratio.
6. TV System
To choose the output video standard (PAL/NTSC) to match your TV. The options are:
PAL – When playing PAL-encoded discs, no system conversion is performed. NTSC-encoded contents are converted to PAL output. Blu-ray discs encoded with 24Hz frame rate are converted to 50Hz frame rate if neither 1080p24 Output nor Source Direct output resolution is enabled. NTSC– When playing NTSC-encoded discs, no system conversion is performed. PAL encoded contents are converted to NTSC output. Blu-ray discs encoded with 24Hz frame rate are converted to 60Hz frame rate if neither 1080p24 Output nor Source Direct output resolution is enabled. Multi-system– No system conversion is performed. The output video system is the same as that encoded on the disc. Blu-ray discs encoded with 24Hz frame rate are converted to 60Hz frame rate if neither 1080p24 Output nor Source Direct output resolution is enabled. This mode requires a TV that supports both NTSC and PAL systems.
Note: Do not select "Multi-system"if your TV does not support both PAL and NTSC systems. The TV display may become a black screen upon inserting a disc encoded in a different system than your TV supports. Should this happen, you can press the OPEN button to eject the disc tray, and then use the Setup Menu to correct the "TV System" setting.
7. Output Resolution
To choose the output resolution that best matches your television’s native resolution. For a detailed description on how to choose a proper output resolution, please refer to the "Select the Best Output Resolution" section of this manual.
8. 1080p24 Output
This option only applies to the HDMI output at 1080p resolution. Many Blu-ray discs that originated from theatrical movies are encoded using 24Hz frame rate, the same number of frames per second as the original theatrical film. If your TV properly supports 1080p 24Hz, smoother motion can be achieved by enabling 1080p24 output for such discs. The available options are:
Auto (default)– Video encoded in 24Hz frame rate will be output as 1080p 24Hz if the TV informs the player that it can support the 1080p24 signal.
On – Video encoded in 24Hz frame rate will be output as 1080p 24Hz without regard to whether the TV can support the 1080p24 signal or not. This is useful if the TV can actually support 1080p24 but does not properly state its capability. Please note that if the TV cannot support 1080p24, selecting this option will result in no video.
Off – Video encoded in 24Hz frame rate will be converted to 50Hz (PAL) or 60Hz (NTSC)
9. HDMI Options
To configure video options that apply only to the HDMI output. This item contains a sub-menu of the Video Setup menu allowing configuration of some video settings that are unique to the HDMI outputs. To enter this sub-menu, select “HDMI Options” from the Video Setup menu.
To exit this sub-menu, press the button or the key. Options are present for HDMI1 (using the Marvell QDEO scaler) and HDMI2 (using the scaler built into the Mediatek chipset).
The following HDMI options are available:
Colour Space (HDMI 1) – Used select the colour space for the HDMI 1 output.
The Marvell QDEO scaler can perform various conversions for this output. The available options are:
Auto (Recommended) – The player checks with the display device to automatically determine what colour spaces it can support and uses those. Usually avoids extra colour space conversion.
RGB Video Level – Forces the HDMI output to use RGB colour space and normal signal range suitable for TV type displays.
RGB PC Level – Forces the HDMI output to use RGB colour space and expands the signal range that to suitable for personal computer (PC) type displays.
Mostly used for TVs with DVI inputs designed to be also used as PC monitors, these can expect signal in expanded RGB range when the DVI input is selected. For these displays if the video signal uses the normal RGB range, the black-white contrast will be reduced. You can set the player to use the RGB PC Level output and restore proper contrast. YCbCr 4:4:4 – The HDMI output is forced to use the YCbCr 4:4:4 colour space.
YCbCr 4:2:2 – The HDMI output is forced to use YCbCr 4:2:2 colour space. Generally this is the colour space that is closest to the colour space encoded on the discs. (Discs are generally encoded in YCbCr 4:2:0 colour space, and the video decoder decodes it into YCbCr 4:2:2.)
Colour Space (HDMI 2) – To select the colour space for the HDMI 2 output. The Mediatek decoders own in-built scaler is used for this output. The available options are the same as those for HDMI 1.
HDMI Deep Colour (HDMI 1)– To select Deep Colour modes for the HDMI 1 output. Deep Colour is an OPTION for some TVs or projectors that feature HDMI v1.3 or higher input.
Normally, each pixel of the video image is transmitted using 24-bit data (8-bit per channel for R, G, B or Y, Cb, Cr). If Deep Colour is supported on your TV each pixel of the video image can be transmitted using 30-bit
(10-bit per channel) or 36-bit (12-bit per channel) data. The increased bit depth should result in smoother colour transitions and better gradients for better picture quality.
For BD discs with native deep colour on them the extra information will be passed to the TV. For up-scaled content such as DVDs the deep colour output will be interpolated but can still result in a smoother picture. The dithering/limiting options allow discs with deep colour content to be sent to TVs with limited deep colour support.
Dithering is a way to softly limit any extra colour information in the source material that the display cannot handle by adding ‘noise’ to prevent an abrupt step in the levels.
