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5) Playing 16:9 BD or DVD when “TV Aspect Ratio” is set to “4:3 Letterbox”
• 1:1 - The player maintains the correct 16:9 aspect ratio and adds borders to the top and bottom
of the image.
• Stretch – The player disregards the aspect ratio and fills the 4:3 screen. Figures may look taller
and narrower than they should be.
• Full Screen – The player maintains the correct aspect ratio but crops the left and right slightly in
order to fit the 16:9 image to the 4:3 screen.
1:1 “Stretch” Zoom “Full Screen” Zoom
6) Playing 4:3 BD or DVD when “TV Aspect Ratio” is set to “4:3 Pan/Scan” or “4:3 Letterbox”
• Stretch – The image is vertically stretched by 1.33 times. For widescreen movies published in
4:3 non-anamorphic format, this zoom level cuts off the black borders at the top and bottom of
the image. Figures may look taller and narrower than they should be.
• Full Screen - The image is stretched by 1.33 times for both vertical and horizontal directions.
For widescreen movies published in 4:3 non-anamorphic format, this zoom level cuts off the
black borders at the top and bottom of the image while maintaining the correct aspect ratio. The
left and right sides of the image are slightly cropped.
Original 4:3 Non-anamorphic
Widescreen Movie
“Stretch” Zoom “Full Screen” Zoom
The “Under Scan” zoom level shrinks the image by 5%. This zoom level may be used to
compensate for TVs that over scan, so the viewer can see the entire image area with no cropping.
All other zoom levels are indicated by their respective zoom ratio.
The following zoom levels are available when “Primary Output” is set to “Component”:
1.0 (No zooming) Æ 2X Æ 3X
Æ 4X Æ ½ Æ ⅓ Æ ¼ ÆBack to 1.0 again
NOTE
• The ZOOM feature may not be available when certain DVD or Blu-ray Discs are played
because the disc author chooses to disable ZOOM.