Operation

Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings

 

Remote

 

 

Aspect Ratio

Control

Description

 

Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9

16:9

 

Select 16:9 to view 16:9 DVDs and

 

 

 

 

HDTV programs in their native

 

 

16:9 Image on

aspect ratio.

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 images are stretched

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

horizontally to fit a 16:9 screen.

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image, stretched to fill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3

4:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard 4:3 scales the input

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

signal to fit in the center of the

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

 

 

 

16:9 screen. 4:3 is the aspect ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used by computer monitors,

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

standard television programming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and most VHS video cassettes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox

LBOX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox mode scales (zooms in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on) a 4:3 image linearly (by the

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

 

 

same amount on all sides) to fill a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 display.

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Letterbox aspect ratio)

 

 

Letterbox is best suited for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

viewing LaserDisc movies or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

non-anamorphic DVDs on a 16:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IntelliWide

IWIDE

 

 

 

 

 

 

IntelliWide scales a 4:3 image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NON-linearly (more on the sides

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

 

 

 

 

than in the center) to fit a 16:9

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

 

 

 

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on 16:9 Screen with IntelliWide

 

4:3 Image on

 

On a 2.35:1 screen, the image is

 

 

centered between black bars on

 

2.35:1 Screen

 

 

with IntelliWide

 

either side.

 

 

 

 

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