Operation

Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings (continued)

 

Remote

 

 

 

 

Aspect Ratio

Control

Description

 

Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cinema

CINEMA

 

 

 

Select Cinema to view 2.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

source material in its native

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aspect ratio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a 16:9 screen and a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

non-CineWide projector (no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.35:1 Image on

 

 

 

anamorphic lens), the upper and

 

 

 

 

 

 

lower portions of the screen are

 

 

 

16:9 Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Cinema aspect ratio / no CineWide)

 

 

 

masked, but the geometry of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

active image area is unchanged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a 2.35:1 screen and a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.35:1 Image on

 

 

 

CineWide-equipped projector,

 

 

 

 

 

 

the DHD Controller scales the

 

 

 

2.35:1 Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Cinema aspect ratio / CineWide)

 

 

 

2.35:1 image so that the active

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image area fills the 16:9 chip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

surface, eliminating the black

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bars. The secondary,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

anamorphic lens then restores

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the proper geometry to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.35:1 image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virtual Cinema

SVC

 

 

 

 

 

A 16:9 image is scaled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NON-linearly (more on the sides

 

 

 

16:9 IImage on

 

 

 

than in the center) to fit a 2.35:1

 

 

 

22..35:1 Screen

 

 

 

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Image on

2.35:1 Screen with

Virtual Cinema

Native

(none)

 

Select Native to display the

 

 

 

 

source signal in its native

 

 

 

resolution, centered in the

 

 

1080i HDTV Image

display area with no re-sizing or

 

 

 

overscan.

720p HDTV Image

This means, for example, that 720p HDTV programs will display with unused pixels on all sides: 320 on the left and right sides and 180 above and below.

With SDTV and EDTV sources, the DHD Controller scales the image horizontally to achieve a 16:9 aspect ratio.

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