Operation

Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings

 

Remote

 

 

 

Aspect Ratio

Control

 

Description

 

Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anamorphic

ANA

 

 

Select Anamorphic to view 16:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVDs and HDTV programs in

 

 

16:9 Image on

 

their native aspect ratio. 4:3

 

 

 

images are stretched

 

 

16:9 Screen

 

 

 

 

horizontally to fit a 16:9 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on 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

 

 

 

 

 

Active Image

 

 

ratio used by computer

 

 

 

 

 

Area (4:3)

 

 

monitors, standard television

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

programming and most VHS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

video cassettes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox

LET

 

 

 

In Letterbox mode, the image is

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOX

 

 

 

stretched vertically; the top and

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox Image on

 

bottom portions are “blanked

 

 

 

 

 

 

off.” Letterbox is best suited for

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

viewing LaserDisc movies or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

non-anamorphic DVDs on a 4:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VirtualWide

V-WIDE

 

 

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

 

 

2.35:1 Image on

screen. The upper and lower

 

 

portions of the screen are

 

 

16:9 Screen

 

 

masked, but the geometry of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

active image area is not

 

 

 

changed.

 

 

 

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