Basic Image Quality Adjustments
Selecting the aspect
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and select the aspect mode from the menu.
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• | For 4:3 input signals |
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• | For input images recorded |
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• | For letterbox input signals |
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| • Normal TV broadcasts | Images recorded by a |
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Input | • Images with standard | video camera or DVD | Letterbox images | • Images with standard | |||||||||
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Result | Black bands will appear at | Input signals will be | Input signals will be | Input signals will be | ||||||||
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| the left and right of the | projected at the same | projected at the same | projected at the same | ||||||||
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| panel resolution. | panel resolution. | panel resolution. At this | |||||
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| enlargement ratio will be | ||
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| projected, the top and | ||
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| the images but become | ||
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| are projected, the images | projected, the images will | right edges of the images. | |||||||||
| appear in 16:9 size. | be elongated horizontally. | subtitles are projected |
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| and the subtitles are | This is useful for when 4:3 | ||||||||||
| When the image resolution is 1280 x 720 or less and | |||||||||||
| truncated, use the | images are projected onto a wide | ||||||||||
| "Through" or "Squeeze Through" is selected, the | "Zoom Caption" menu | screen. Because there is almost | |||||||||
| image will be projected clearer since the resolution is | command to adjust. | no distortion due to enlargement | |||||||||
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Remarks |
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| at the edges of the images |
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| appears faster and gives an |
| To project images so that they fill the whole of the |
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| keystone correction has been |
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QTip: If you project an image that is compressed, enlarged or separated using the aspect function in public places such as a store or hotel for the purposes of
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