Operation

Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings

 

Remote

 

 

 

Aspect Ratio

Control

 

Description

 

Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anamorphic

ANA

 

 

Select Anamorphic to view

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 DVDs and HDTV

 

 

16:9 Image on

 

programs in their native

 

 

 

aspect ratio.

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 images are stretched horizontally to fit a 16:9 display.

4:3 Image, stretched to fill

16:9 Screen (Display)

Standard

4X3

 

 

 

 

Standard 4:3 scales the input

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

signal to fit in the center of a

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

 

 

16:9 display. 4:3 is the aspect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ratio used by computer

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

monitors, standard television

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

programming and most VHS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

video cassettes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox

LET

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox mode scales

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOX

 

 

 

 

 

(zooms in on) a 4:3 image

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

 

linearly (by the same amount

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Display

 

on all sides) to fill a 16:9

 

 

 

 

 

(Letterbox aspect ratio)

 

display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letterbox is best suited for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

viewing LaserDisc movies or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

non-anamorphic DVDs on a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IntelliWide

I-WIDE

 

 

 

 

 

IntelliWide scales a 4:3 image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NON-linearly (more on the

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on

 

 

sides than in the center) to fit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a 16:9 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 Screen (Display)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3 Image on 16:9 Display with IntelliWide

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Vidikron VL-26HD, VL-32HD manual Aspect Ratio Settings, Control Description

VL-32HD, VL-26HD specifications

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