Sceptre Technologies X42 user manual Aspect Ratio Explained

SCEPTRE X42 HDTV User Manual

•TV-MA ALL – This is a type of TV rating. This section tells you the TV ratings of the program you are watching. Please refer to ratings explained for more information on ratings.

•This symbol and the indicator bar show you how strong your current channel’s signal is. This function is only available under digital channels.

Aspect Ratio Explained

The TV will display the TV channel’s signal format automatically. There are mainly two types of signal format, 16:9 and 4:3.

1.16:9

This mode will stretch the picture to a widescreen ratio. If you have a perfect 16:9 ratio picture you will not see any black bars. If you are watching a widescreen movie in 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 ratio, you will still get black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. If you use this mode on 4:3 pictures they will be stretched and distorted horizontally.

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