Operation

Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings

 

Remote

 

 

 

Aspect Ratio

Control

Description

 

Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9

16:9

 

 

Select 16:9 to view 16:9

 

 

 

 

 

DVDs and HDTV programs

 

 

16:9 Image on

 

in their native aspect ratio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 images are stretched

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

horizontally to fit a 16:9

 

 

4:3 Image, stretched to fill

 

display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3

4:3

 

 

 

4:3 scales the input signal to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fit in the center of a 16:9

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

 

display. 4:3 is the aspect

 

 

 

 

ratio used by computer

 

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

 

 

 

 

monitors, standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

television programming and

 

 

 

 

 

most VHS video cassettes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox/

LETTER

Letterbox Mode = Letterbox

Letterbox mode scales

Cinema Fill

 

(zooms in on) a 4:3 image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

linearly (by the same amount

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

on all sides) to fill a 16:9

 

 

 

16:9 Display

display.

 

 

 

(Letterbox aspect ratio)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The zoom factor is either

 

 

 

 

 

1.33 or 1.78, depending on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox Mode = Cinema Fill

the Letterbox Mode setting

 

 

(refer to Letterbox Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on page 40).

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

Letterbox is best suited for

 

 

 

16:9 Display

 

 

 

(Letterbox aspect ratio)

viewing LaserDisc movies or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

non-anamorphic DVDs on a

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

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