Classe Audio CDP-300 owner manual Aspect ratio Resolution

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You have three choices for the way widescreen movies will be displayed on your television. The choice should be determined by the capabilities of your television as well as your personal preference.

•4:3 — If you have a 4:3 display and prefer to have it filled at all times, the CDP-300 will look for an available 4:3 version of the movie on any disc you insert, and play that version.

•16:9 — If you have a modern, widescreen display that support different aspect ratios (including an anamorphic mode), select the 16:9 option. Doing so passes the contents of the disc to your television without addressing the aspect ratio. In effect, you are telling the CDP-300 that the television will be responsible for handling the aspect ratio duties.

•letterbox — If you have a 4:3 display, but prefer to see widescreen movies in their original form, the CDP-300 can create a “letterbox” version of the movie for you within the 4:3 frame of your television. This will result in black bars above and below the picture, but will show you all of the picture as the director and cinematographer originally framed it.

The CDP-300 has the ability to “upconvert” standard definition DVDs to higher display rates that are more suitable for HDTV displays. Note that this capability exists only through its component and HDMI outputs.

You can select from among the following video display rates:

•auto selection — If you use the HDMI digital interface between the CDP-300 and your display, the two components will automatically negotiate the optimal resolution for your display device. The auto selection capabilities of the CDP-300 apply only to the HDMI output.

•sdtv 480/576 interlaced — 480i (60 Hz) is the standard in NTSC countries; 576i (50 Hz) is standard in PAL countries.

•sdtv 480/576 progressive— 480p (60 Hz) is the deinterlaced version of the standard for NTSC countries; 576p (50 Hz) is the deinterlaced version of the standard in PAL countries.

•hdtv 720 progressive — at 720 by 1280 pixels, this is the most common rate for plasma displays and many LCD displays, and the second-most common HD broadcast standard. It is shown at 50 Hz in PAL countries, and at 60 Hz in NTSC countries.

•hdtv 1080 interlaced — the 1080i standard is the most commonly- broadcast HDTV format in use today, at 1080 by 1920 pixels (interlaced).

•hdtv 1080 progressive — available only through the HDMI output, 1080p is the highest-quality HDTV standard. It displays 1080 by 1920 pixels per frame.

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