Operation

Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings (continued)

 

Remote

 

 

Aspect Ratio

Control

Description

 

Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VirtualWide

V-WIDE

 

 

 

VirtualWide scales a 4:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image NON-linearly (more on

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

 

the sides than in the center)

 

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

to fit a 16:9 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on 16:9 Screen with VirtualWide

 

 

 

On a 2.35:1 screen, the

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

 

image is centered between

 

 

black bars on either side.

 

2.35:1 Screen

 

 

 

 

 

with VirtualWide

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

16:9 Screen

 

 

 

 

(Cinema aspect ratio / no CineWide)

 

screen are 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

 

 

 

2.35:1 Screen

 

 

 

 

(Cinema aspect ratio / CineWide)

 

scales the 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.

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VX-55D, VX-44D specifications

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