Using the Screen Mode Feature

The Screen Mode feature is useful for adjusting a 16:9 (widescreen) program for optimal viewing on your TV’s 4:3 aspect ratio screen. Using the Screen Mode feature, you can enlarge pictures so that they better fill the screen (enlarging the picture so that the black bars on the edges of the screen are clipped off).

✍The Screen Mode option is available only for digital 16:9 programming.

Before using the Screen Mode feature

ANALOG

❏If the TV is in analog tuning mode, press the / DIGITAL button to switch to digital tuning mode.

ExampleDescription

SCREEN

Full

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Full displays the 16:9 program in its original aspect ratio. If the program was a 480i 4:3 program that was upconverted to 720p or 1080i (as shown at left) , there will be black bars visible at the left, right, top, and bottom sides.

 

Zoom enlarges the picture uniformly.

SCREEN

Some clipping may occur.

Zoom

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Features

SCREEN

Horizontal Expand

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Horizontal Expand stretches the picture horizontally. Some clipping may occur.

Using

 

Vertical Expand stretches the picture

SCREEN

vertically. Some clipping may occur.

Vertical Expand

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