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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select Cinema to view

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.35 source material in its

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

native aspect ratio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a 16:9 screen and a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

non-CineWide projector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(no anamorphic lens), the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

upper and lower portions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of the screen are masked,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but the geometry of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

active image area is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unchanged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cinema

 

2.35:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a 2.35:1 screen and a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CineWide-equipped

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

projector, the video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

processor scales the 2.35:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image so that the active

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image area fills the 16:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chip surface, eliminating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the black bars. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

secondary, anamorphic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lens then restores the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

proper geometry to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.35:1 image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A 16:9 image is scaled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NON-linearly (more on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sides than in the center)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intelli-

to fit a 2.35:1 screen.

16:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wide 2.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IntelliWide 2.35 is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

available only on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vision 15ET/CineWide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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