Operation

Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings

 

Remote

 

 

 

Aspect Ratio

Control

 

Description

 

Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anamorphic

ANA

 

 

Select Anamorphic to view

 

 

(16/9)

 

 

 

16:9 DVDs and HDTV

 

 

16:9 Image on

 

programs in their native

 

 

 

aspect ratio. 4:3 images are

 

 

16:9 Screen

 

 

 

 

stretched horizontally to fit a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on 16:9 Screen

Standard (4/3)

4X3

 

 

 

 

 

Standard 4:3 scales the input

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

signal to fit in the center of

 

 

 

 

 

Active Image

 

 

the 16:9 screen. 4:3 is the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aspect ratio used by

 

 

 

 

 

Area (4:3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

computer monitors, standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

television programming and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

most VHS video cassettes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This aspect ratio is not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

available with HD signals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LetterBox

LET

 

 

 

 

 

In Letterbox mode, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOX

 

 

 

 

 

image is stretched vertically;

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox Image on

 

the top and bottom portions

 

 

 

 

 

 

are "blanked off." Letterbox is

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

best suited for viewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LaserDisc movies or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

non-anamorphic DVDs on a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IntelliWide

I-WIDE

 

 

 

 

A 4:3 image is horizontally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scaled in a NON-linear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fashion (more on the sides

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

than in the center) to fit a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16x9 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cinema

CINEMA

 

Select Cinema to view 2.35

 

 

 

 

source material on a 16:9

 

 

2.35:1 Image on

screen. The upper and lower

 

 

portions of the screen are

 

 

16:9 Screen

 

 

masked, but the geometry of

 

 

 

 

 

 

the active image area is not

 

 

 

changed.

 

 

 

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