1. Additional TV Features | 7 |
Picture Shape and Display Formats
Format Definitions
Use the FORMAT key to apply the formats described here.
Standard: The
Expand: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by cropping the top and bottom; useful for reducing the letter box top and bottom bars of
Effect of Mitsubishi Formats on Picture Types
Zoom: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by crop- ping the sides, top, and bottom to eliminate black bars.
•480i/480p and SD 4:3 signals: Eliminates top and bottom bars on anamorphic DVDs with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
•720p, 1080i, SD 16:9, and HD signals: Eliminates bars added to squarish 4:3 images.
Stretch: Stretches a squarish 4:3 image across the screen to display the entire image with less distortion than the Standard format.
Stretch Plus: Similar to Stretch, but minimizes distor- tion on the sides by expanding the picture to crop off
portions of the top and bottom. Use 
to adjust the vertical position of the picture.
Narrow: Displays narrow 4:3 images in their origi- nal shape. Adds black side bars to fill the screen.
Original
Signal 
TV Display |
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Format | Anamorphic DVD | |
Standard | Distorted; Not | Recommended |
| recommended. |
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Expand | Recommended | Distorted; not |
| for letterbox. | recommended. See |
| See Note 1. | Note 1. |
Zoom | Distorted; Not | Recommended for |
| recommended. | anamorphic 2.35:1 |
| See Note 1. | images. See Note 1. |
Stretch | Recommended | Distorted; not |
| for standard | recommended. See |
| broadcasts. See | Note 1. |
| Note 1. |
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Stretch | Recommended | Distorted; not |
Plus | for standard | recommended. See |
| broadcasts. See | Note 1. |
| Note 1. |
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Narrow | See Note 1. | Distorted; not |
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| recommended. See |
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| Note 1. |
Note 1: Available for 480i and 480p signals only.
Wide Expand: Enlarges the picture, cropping the image on both sides. Removes or reduces black side bars added to narrow images converted to 16:9 signals for digital broadcast.
Note: All
DVD Image Definitions
Image information may be stated on the DVD case. Some DVDs support both formats described below.
Anamorphic (or Enhanced for WideScreen TV)
Indicates DVDs recorded to show widescreen images properly on 16:9 TV sets using the TV’s Standard format mode (recommended).
Non-Anamorphic (or 4:3, 1.33:1, Letter Box, or Full Screen)
Indicates DVDs recorded for viewing on squar- ish TV screens. They may be full screen (4:3 or 1.33:1) which crops movies to fit the narrow TV, or
Original Signal
SD 16:9 or HD Digital 720p, 1080i,
1080p Signal
Display Formats
Wide | Recommended to |
Expand | remove side bars. |
Zoom | Recommended to |
| remove bars from the |
| top, bottom, and sides. |
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letter box, which adds black top and bottom bars.
TV Display Formats. Press the FORMAT key repeatedly to see different displays for the current program. Press the INFO key to see the name of the format in use.
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