Operation

Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings

 

Remote

 

 

Aspect Ratio

Control

Description

 

Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anamorphic

ANA

 

 

 

The image is compressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

vertically, but anamorphic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

software will appear properly

 

 

 

 

 

Active Image Area

 

proportioned. This is best suited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for use with 16:9 DVDs and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDTV programming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard 4:3

4X3

 

 

 

 

The input signal is scaled to fit in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the center of the 16:9 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

Active Image

 

4:3 is the aspect ratio used by

 

 

 

 

 

 

computer monitors, standard

 

 

 

 

 

Area

 

television programming and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

most VHS video cassettes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox

LET

 

 

 

The image in the Letterbox

 

 

 

 

 

BOX

 

 

 

mode is stretched vertically; the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

top and bottom portions are

 

 

 

 

 

Active Image Area

 

“blanked off.” Letterbox is best

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

suited for LaserDisc movies or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

non-anamorphic DVDs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VirtualWide

V-WIDE

 

 

A 4:3 image is transformed into

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a 16x9 image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cinema

--

 

The image in the Letterbox

 

 

 

 

mode is enlarged to a 16x9

 

 

 

 

 

 

image and the upper and lower

 

 

 

portions are compressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virtualwide 2.35

--

 

A 2.35 image is stretched

 

 

 

 

vertically in both directions to fill

 

 

 

a 16:9 image. Virtualwide 2.35 is

 

 

 

available only on VX-2i

 

 

 

projectors equipped with the

 

 

 

CineWide option (secondary

 

 

 

anamorphic lens).

 

 

 

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