WATCHING PICTURES ON THE WIDE SCREEN (Continued)
SCREEN SIZE
Normal (Video/RGB)
Displays pictures of normal size (i.e., a 4:3 aspect ratio).
Wide1 (Video)
Displays
Picture of
standard size
Wide1
Wide2 (Video)/Wide (RGB)
Ideal for displaying vertically extended pictures such as squeezed pictures.
Zoom1 (Video)/Zoom (RGB)
Enlarges horizontally extended pictures equally in all directions to maintain the aspect ratio constant.
Zoom2 (Video)
Reduces the height of horizontally extended pictures with captions, without eliminating the caption. Only the height of pictures is reduced, not the height of the caption.
(Captions may not be easy to read, however, depending on the picture.)
Vertically
extended picture
Horizontally
extended picture
Horizontally extended picture with caption
Wide2
Zoom1
Zoom2
ASPECT RATIO
The following aspect ratios are available.
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16:9 aspect ratio (HDTV broadcasting)
2.35:1 aspect ratio (Cinema Vision size)
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Note
You may find dark areas on top and at the bottom of the screen if you select one of the Zoom modes for media while using the Vista Vision or Cinema Vision size i.e., the sizes used frequently for picture software.
• Functions may not be available with some models and some device options.
