Philips 23PF, 5121, 20PF, 5321 manual Screen Formats

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Screen Formats

The pictures you receive may be transmitted in 16:9 format (wide screen) or 4:3 format (conventional screen). 4:3 pictures sometimes have a black band at the left and right of the screen. This function allows you to optimise the picture display on screen.

If your television is a 4:3 screen

Press the ë key (or Î ï) to select the different modes.

4:3

This format is recommended if you want to display the 4:3 picture using the full surface of the screen.

Expand 4:3

When this format is selected, the picture is vertically expanded, thus reducing the horizontal black bars.

Compress 16:9

The format is recommended if you want to compress full screen movie images into letterbox format. When this format is selected, black horizontal bars can be seen at the top and bottom of the TV screen.

If your television is a wide screen

Press the ë key (or Í Æ) to select the different modes. This TV set is also equipped with automatic switching which will select the correct screen format, provided that the specific signals are transmitted with the programmes.

4:3

The picture is reproduced in 4:3 format and a black band is displayed on either side of the picture.

Zoom 14:9

The picture is enlarged to 14:9 format, a thin black band remains on both sides of the picture.

Zoom 16:9

The picture is enlarged to 16:9 format. This mode is recommended when displaying pictures which have black bands at the top and bottom (letterbox

format).

Subtitle Zoom

This mode is used to display 4:3 pictures using the full surface of the screen leaving the sub-titles visible.

Superwide

This mode is used to display 4:3 pictures using the full surface of the screen by enlarging the sides of the picture.

Widescreen

This mode displays images in full screen.

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