Operation

Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings (continued)

Aspect

 

Aspect

 

Geometry of Projected Image

 

Ratio of

 

 

 

Ratio

Description

Standard Vision 15 or Vision 15ET

 

Source

Vision 15ET/CineWide (2.35:1 Screen)

Setting

 

 

Signal

(1.78:1 Screen)

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a 16:9 source image,

16:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox mode crops the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

top and bottom portion of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the image and vertically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stretches the remaining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox

portion to fill a 16:9 image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It scales (zooms in on) a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 image linearly (by the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

same amount on all sides)

4:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to fill a 16:9 display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A 16:9 image is shrunk

16:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

horizontally in the center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and stretched horizontally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in a NON-linear fashion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intelli-

(more on the sides).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wide

A 4:3 image is horizontally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scaled in a NON-linear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fashion (more on the sides

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

than in the center) to fit a

4:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Vision 15ET/CineWideTM, Vision 15ET, Vision 15 specifications

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