The Display Pref Menu
DISPLAY
POSITION
DISPLAY
TIMEOUT
DISPLAY
PREF
CHARACTER
STYLE
BACKGROUN
D COLOR
Returning to the subject of display preferences, selecting this menu item (by pressing either volume +/– while the cursor is pointing at it) presents you with a
•display position — the position of the on screen display of volume changes, surround mode changes, etc., can be moved up or down to suit the needs of your system. This flexibility allows you to place your PAV’s on screen information where it won’t conflict with other on screen information. As an example, you may place the on screen dis- play in the black area under letterboxed movies.
•display timeout — controls the duration of these on screen “updates” generated by the PAV as status reports when you change something. (Remember that you can disable the on screen display using the on screen button on the remote control.)
•character style — on screen messages are normally displayed within a black box when superimposed on live video signals. This display method ensures legibility even against extremely bright backgrounds, when white letters might otherwise be difficult to read. At your op- tion, however, you may elect to have these superimposed messages displayed with only a black fringe around them, which some may find less intrusive than the black box. This method remains easily legible in all cases except a few (relatively rare) examples of extremely bright video. A case in point might be the seemingly endless pans across the sky shown during broadcast golf tournaments. (Do they really think we can see a tiny white ball flying across a cloudy sky?).
•background color — the default color for the screen when lacking a live video signal to display is blue. This blue screen serves as a re- minder that your television is on, when in fact you may prefer to turn it off. However, some may prefer to leave their projection television on in order to keep it warmed up and ready to use, in which case a black screen might be more desirable. (A black screen would facilitate listening to music in a darkened room, for example.) This menu item allows you to choose the best mode for your system, either blue or black.
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