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5) Playing 16:9 DVD when “TV Display” 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. The brightness level of the borders can be set by the “Border Level” setting in
the “Video Setup Page” of the setup menu.
• 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 Full Screen
6) Playing 4:3 DVD when “TV Display” is set to “4:3 Pan/Scan” or “4:3 Letterbox”
• Stretch – The image is vertically stretched by 1.33 times. For anamorphic widescreen movies
published in 4:3 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 on both vertical and horizontal directions.
For anamorphic widescreen movies published in 4:3 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 Anamorphic
Widescreen Movie
Stretch Full Screen
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 on the DVD with
no cropping. All other zoom levels are indicated by their respective zoom ratio.
The following zoom levels are available when component video output is in use:
1.0 (No zooming) Æ 1.2 Æ 1.5 Æ 2X Æ 2.5 Æ 3X
Æ 3.5 Æ 4X Æ ½ Æ ⅓ Æ ¼ ÆBack to 1.0 again