29 Screen Formats

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

Press the key repeatedly to cycle through the different screen formats and select your preferred format.

Subtitle Zoom

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

4:3

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

Movie Expand

14:9

The picture is enlarged to 14:9 format, a thin black band remains on both sides of the picture. Some of the top and bottom of the picture is clipped off.

Movie Expand 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). In this mode, large parts of the top and the bottom of the picture are clipped off.

Super Wide

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

Widescreen

The picture is displayed in the original proportions of images transmitted in 16:9 format.

Note

If you display a 4:3 picture in this mode, it will be stretched horizontally.

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Philips LCD And Plasma Panel TV user manual Screen Formats