RCA 12L500TD manual 43/LB Letterbox Widescreen

Chapter 3: DVD Menus

4:3/LB (Letterbox)

16:9 (Widescreen)

4:3 /LB (Letterbox) – Choose this setting if you want to see movies in their original aspect ratio (height-to-width ratio). You’ll see the entire frame of the movie, but it will take up a smaller portion of the screen vertically. The movie might appear with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.

16:9 (Widescreen) – Choose this setting if your unit is connected to a widescreen TV. If you choose this setting and you don’t have a widescreen TV, the images on the screen may appear distorted due to vertical compression.

If you play a disc recorded in 4 x 3 format on a widescreen TV, the left and right side of the screen will appear black.

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