Operation
Runco CL-810 Series Owner’s Operating Manual 39
PRELIMINARY
Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings Aspect Ratio
Remote
Control
Key
Description
Anamorphic ANA Select Anamorphic to view
16:9 DVDs and HDTV
programs in their native
aspect ratio. 4:3 images are
stretched horizontally to fit a
16:9 screen.
Standard 4:3 4X3 Standard 4:3 scales the
input signal to fit in the
center of the 16:9 screen.
4:3 is the aspect ratio used
by computer monitors,
standard television
programming and most
VHS video cassettes.
Letterbox LBOX In Letterbox mode, the
image is stretched vertically;
the top and bottom
portions are “blanked off.”
Letterbox is best suited for
viewing LaserDisc movies
or non-anamorphic DVDs
on a 4:3 screen.
VirtualWide VWIDE A 4:3 image is scaled
NON-linearly (more on the
sides than in the center) to
fit a 16x9 screen.
Cinema CINEMA Select Cinema to view 2.35
source material on a 16:9
screen. The upper and
lower portions of the screen
are masked, but the
geometry of the active
image area is not changed.
4:3 Image on
16:9 Screen
16:9 Image on
16:9 Screen
Active Image
Area (4:3)
Letterbox Image on
16:9 Screen
2.35:1 Image on
16:9 Screen