| DCT6400 Series User Guide | |
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There are black | Wide screen TVs display 4:3 programs in this format | |
bars to the right | unless set to Stretch. Turn on the 4:3 OVERRIDE feature | |
and left of the | in the User Settings menu. This enables most wide | |
picture | screen TVs to stretch the video to fill the screen (see | |
| your TV manual for information about stretching 4:3 | |
| video). | |
| If the DCT* is connected to a wide screen TV, verify that | |
| the TV TYPE is set to 16:9 in the User Settings menu. | |
| Many HD programs are broadcast in | |
| with black bars to the left and right of the picture. These | |
| programs are broadcast in 16:9 HD formats even though | |
| the video is not 16:9. | |
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There are black | All 4:3 HDTVs display HD programs in letterbox format | |
bars above and | (black bars above and below the picture) because of the | |
below the picture | shape of the display screen. | |
| Turn on the 4:3 OVERRIDE feature in the User Settings | |
| menu. This enables most standard screen TVs to display | |
| a full screen picture when the DCT* is tuned to a 4:3 | |
| program. | |
| Set the TV TYPE to 4:3 | |
| DCT* to remove the black bars above and below the | |
| picture when possible. | |
| Some SD programs are broadcast in the letterbox format | |
| with black bars above and below the picture. Some wide | |
| screens TVs offer a zoom feature that may be able to | |
| remove the black bars (see your TV manual for | |
| information about zooming 4:3 video). | |
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