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The zoom level is reset to 1:1 when the disc is ejected, or when the player is turned off.
The available zoom levels depend on the “TV Aspect Ratio” setting in the Setup Menu and the aspect ratio
of the DVD or Blu-ray Disc. The following zoom levels may be useful for some special applications:
1) Playing 16:9 BD or DVD when “TV Aspect Ratio” is set to “16:9 Wide” or “16:9 Wide/Auto”
• Stretch – The image is vertically stretched by 1.33 times. For movies with 2.35:1 aspect ratio, this
zoom level cuts off the black borders at the top and bottom of the image. Users of projector with
anamorphic lens may find this mode helpful.
Original 2.35:1
Widescreen Movie
“Stretch” Zoom Projected through
an Anamorphic Lens
• Full Screen – The image is stretched by 1.33 times for both vertical and horizontal directions. For
movies with 2.35:1 aspect ratio, this zoom level cuts off the black borders at the top and bottom
of the image while maintaining the correct aspect ratio. The left and right sides of the image are
slightly cropped.
Original 2.35:1 Widescreen Movie “Full Screen” Zoom
2) Playing 4:3 BD or DVD when “TV Aspect Ratio” is set to “16:9 Wide”
• 1:1 - The image fills up the entire 16:9 screen but is horizontally stretched. Figures may look
shorter and wider than they should be.
• Compress – The player maintains the correct 4:3 aspect ratio and adds borders to the left and
right sides of the image. The brightness level of the borders can be set by the “Border Level”
setting in the “Picture Adjustment” section of the Setup Menu.
• Full Screen – This zoom level maintains the correct aspect ratio but crops the top and bottom
slightly in order to fit the 4:3 image to the 16:9 screen.
1:1 “Compress” Zoom “Full Screen” Zoom
3) Playing 4:3 BD or DVD when “TV Aspect Ratio” is set to “16:9 Wide/Auto”
• 1:1 – The player maintains the correct 4:3 aspect ratio and adds borders to the left and right sides
of the image.
• Stretch – The image is horizontally stretched by 1.33 times. This zoom level fills up the 16:9
screen, but figures may look shorter and wider than they should be.
• Full Screen – This zoom level maintains the correct aspect ratio but crops the top and bottom
slightly in order to fit the 4:3 image to the 16:9 screen.
1:1 “Stretch” Zoom “Full Screen” Zoom
The “Under Scan” zoom level shrinks the image by 5%. This zoom level may be used to compensate for
TVs that over scan, so the viewer can see the entire image area with no cropping. All other zoom levels
are indicated by their respective zoom ratio.
NOTE
• Some early DVD titles (released from 1997 until early 2000’s) use a 4:3 non-anamorphic
widescreen aspect ratio. When played on a 16:9 display, the content is shown in a small
window with black borders on all four sides. The top and bottom borders are encoded into
the video. The left and right borders are added by the player to maintain the correct aspect
ratio. For this type of discs the “Full Screen” zoom mode can be used to eliminate the
borders.
• Due to the dominance of wide screen or 16:9 TV, NO specific ZOOM levels are provided
for “TV Aspect Ratio” of “4:3 Letterbox” or “4:3 Pan & Scan”
Zoom Levels for HDMI 2 & Analog (Component) Video Output
The following zoom levels are available when “Primary Output” is set to “HDMI 2 & Analog”:
1:1 (No zooming) Stretch/Compress Full Screen
Under Scan 1.2 1.3 1.5 2.0 ½ Back to 1:1 again
NOTE
• The ZOOM feature may not be available when certain DVD or Blu-ray Discs are played
because the disc author chooses to disable ZOOM.