Chapter 6: Using the TV’s features
Natural picture size
•The image is displayed close to its originally formatted proportion. Some program formats will display with sidebars and/or bars at the top and bottom.
Conventional picture on a | Natural picture size example |
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TheaterWide 1 picture size
•The center of the picture remains close to its original proportion, but the left and right edges are stretched wider to fill the screen.
•A small part of the picture at the top and bottom is hidden.
TheaterWide 1 picture size example
TheaterWide 2 picture size (for letter box programs)
•The picture is stretched wider to fill the width of the screen, but only slightly stretched taller.
•The top and bottom edges of the picture are hidden.
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TheaterWide 2 picture size example
TheaterWide 3 picture size (for letter box programs with subtitles)
•The picture is stretched wider to fill the width of the screen, but only slightly stretched taller.
•The top and bottom edges are hidden.
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TheaterWide 3 picture size example
Full picture size (for 4:3 [480i, 480p] source programs only)
•If receiving a 4:3 format program, the picture is stretched wider to fill the width of the screen, but not stretched taller.
•None of the picture is hidden.
Full picture size example
4:3 HD picture size (for 720p, 1080i and 1080p program sources only)
•Sidebars fill the empty vertical spaces.
•Picture is not distorted from original size.
4:3 HD picture size example
Note:
•If you select one of the TheaterWide® picture sizes, the top and bottom edges of the picture (including subtitles or captions) may be hidden. To view the hidden edges, try viewing the program in Full or Natural picture size.
•The “picture size” illustrations are examples only. The format of the image (in any of the picture sizes) will vary depending on the format of the signal you are currently watching.
Native picture size (for HDMI 720p, 1080i and 1080p signal programs sources only)
•If receiving a 720p, 1080i or 1080p signal program, Native mode scales the video to display the entire picture within the borders of the screen (i.e. no overscanning).
Note: Depending on the input signals, the border of the picture may be hidden, displayed in black, or noisy.
Native picture size example
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