Technicolor - Thomson 51PW9303 manual Using the PICTURE-FORMAT Control

Using the Onscreen Submenus: Features

USING THE PICTURE-FORMAT CONTROL

Your TV’s wide screen (16:9 aspect ratio) delivers a home-cinema experience not pos-

sible with a conventional (4:3 aspect ratio) set. High-definition (HD) programs originating in 16:9 format and other widescreen-format video sources appear more lifelike, dramatic, and the- atrical. Border bars are diminished or eliminat- ed. Most anamorphic-DVD programs will fill the wide screen without border bars.

Use your HD set-top box or progressive-scan- capable DVD player to control the picture for- mats of video sources connected to the TV’s HD inputs.

For flexibility with video sources connected to your TV’s standard inputs—ANTENNA, AV1, CVI, AV2, or AV3 (side panel)—access your TV’s picture-format modes. View a video source in standard (4:3) format or enlarge it to fill the screen in various ways using EXPAND 4:3, PANORAMA, WIDE SCREEN, or AUTO.

Selecting a Picture Format Using the Remote Control

Pictures appear more lifelike, dramatic, and theatrical on your TV's wide screen.

FORMAT

Button

HELPFUL HINTS

•The term aspect ratio refers to the rela- tionship between the width and height of a TV screen. Historically, TV screen width has been 33 percent greater than its height, amounting to a 4:3 aspect ratio. The width of your widescreen TV, how- ever, is nearly 80 percent greater than its height, which means its aspect ratio is 16:9. This screen corresponds well with the tendency of the eyes to feel more comfortable with fields of view and action planes that are horizontally orient- ed. The wide screen is also proportionally truer to the formats in which movies are filmed and presented in theaters.

•Although the term widescreen can have various meanings, it is most commonly used to refer to a picture format or screen that has a greater aspect ratio than the conventional 4:3.

Use your TV’s picture-format modes with video sources you connect to the ANTENNA, AV1, CVI, AV2, or AV3 (side panel) inputs on the TV. While watching a video source—with no onscreen menu or display present—press the CURSOR RING RIGHT or LEFT as many times as necessary to select the picture format you desire. Or press the FORMAT button to perform the same function.

Picture-format Modes

CURSOR The picture-format modes are available for use only with video Buttons sources connected to the ANTENNA,AV1, CVI,AV2, and AV3

(Side Panel) inputs on the TV. Control the picture formats of video sources connected to the HD inputs through the set-top box (for HD programming) or pro-gressive-scan-capable DVD player (for DVD programs)

4:3
Shows the conventional picture	EXPAND 4:3
in its original format. Border bars
are displayed on the sides. See the	Zooms the picture
Warning on this page (below, left).	vertically and horizontally.

4:3 shows the conventional (4:3 aspect ratio) picture in its original format. Border bars are displayed on the sides. (See the warning above.)

EXPAND 4:3 expands, or zooms, the picture both vertically and horizontally, eliminating or reducing the size of border bars. Picture infor- mation is lost around the edges.

PANORAMA stretches the outer portions of the picture horizontally and causes some verti- cal expansion.

WIDE SCREEN expands the picture horizon- tally. No vertical expansion occurs.

AUTO senses the presence of borders bars and zooms the picture to reduce or eliminate the bars. The amount of zoom varies based on the original picture, but this option can provide more expansion than EXPAND 4:3.

AUTO works best with video programs that were originally “letterboxed.” Formatted to pre- serve the original theatrical aspect ratio, these programs are presented with border bars at top and bottom.

WARNING

To prevent uneven picture-tube aging, do not leave border bars or other sta- tionary images on screen for extended periods of time. See page 60.

4:3 EXPAND 4:3

EVENING WORLD NEWS	EVENING WORLD NEWS
TONIGHT'S HEADLINES
	TONIGHT'S HEADLINES
PANORAMA	WIDE SCREEN
Stretches the outer parts of the	Expands the picture
picture horizontally and causes	horizontally. No vertical
some vertical expansion.	expansion occurs.
PANORAMA	WIDE SCREEN
EVENING WORLD NEWS	EVENING WORLD NEWS
	TONIGHT'S HEADLINES
TONIGHT'S HEADLINES

AUTO

Senses the presence of picture borders and zooms the

picture to reduce or eliminate the borders.

	AUTO
EVENING WORLD NEWS	EVENING WORLD NEWS
TONIGHT'S HEADLINES	TONIGHT'S HEADLINES

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