Mitsubishi Electronics 838 SERIES manual Picture Shape and Display Formats, Format Definitions

323. TV Features

Picture Shape and Display Formats

Format Definitions

Note: See page 16 for use of the FORMAT key to apply the formats described here.

Standard: The full-screen format used by HDTV signals. Use this format to display anamorphic DVDs with a 1.78:1 or 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Anamorphic DVDs with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio are displayed correctly but with top and bottom black bars. Squarish (4:3) images are stretched evenly from side to side. Available for all signals.

Expand: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by cropping the top and bottom; useful for reducing the letter box top and bottom bars of non-anamorphic DVD images.

Effect of Mitsubishi Formats on Picture Types

Zoom: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by crop- ping the sides, top, and bottom to eliminate black bars.

•480i/480p and SD 4:3 signals: Eliminates top and bottom bars on anamorphic DVDs with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

•720p, 1080i, SD 16:9, and HD signals: Eliminates bars added to squarish 4:3 images.

Stretch: Stretches a squarish 4:3 image across the screen to display the entire image with less distortion than the Standard format.

Stretch Plus: Similar to Stretch, but minimizes distor- tion on the sides by expanding the picture to crop off

portions of the top and bottom. Use to adjust the vertical position of the picture.

Narrow: Displays narrow 4:3 images in their origi- nal shape. Adds black side bars to fill the screen.

	Original Signal	Original Signal
TV
Display
Format	Non-anamorphic or SD 4:3	Anamorphic DVD

Standard	Distorted; Not	Recommended
	recommended.
Expand	Recommended	Distorted; not recom-
	for letterbox. See	mended. See Note 1.
	Note 1.
Zoom	Distorted; Not	Recommended for
	recommended.	anamorphic 2.35:1
	See Note 1.	images. See Note 1.
Stretch	Recommended	Distorted; not recom-
	for standard	mended. See Note 1.
	broadcasts. See
	Note 1.
Stretch	Recommended	Distorted; not recom-
Plus	for standard	mended. See Note 1.
	broadcasts. See
	Note 1.
Narrow	See Note 1	Distorted; not recom-
		mended. See Note 1.

Note 1: Available for 480i, 480p, and digital SD 4:3 signals only.

Original Signal	Display Formats
SD 16:9 or	Wide	Recommended to re-
HD Digital	Expand move side bars.
720p, 1080i,
1080p Signal	Zoom	Recommended to re-
		move bars from the top,
		bottom, and sides.

Wide Expand: Enlarges the picture, cropping the image on both sides. Removes or reduces black side bars added to narrow images converted to 16:9 signals for digital broadcast.

Note: All high-definition channels send wide- screen (16:9) signals, but not all programming was created for the widescreen format. The broad- caster may stretch the image or add side bars to fill the widescreen area.

DVD Image Definitions

Image information may be stated on the DVD case. Some DVDs support both formats described below.

Anamorphic (or Enhanced for WideScreen TV) Indicates DVDs recorded to show widescreen images properly on 16:9 TV sets using the TV’s Standard format mode (recommended).

Non-Anamorphic (or 4:3, 1.33:1, Letter Box, or Full Screen)

Indicates DVDs recorded for viewing on squar- ish TV screens. They may be full screen (4:3 or 1.33:1) which crops movies to fit the narrow TV, or letter box, which adds black top and bottom bars.

TV Display Formats. Press the FORMAT key repeatedly to see different displays for the current program. Press the INFO key to see the name of the format in use.

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