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26 HP HDTV User’s Guide
Changing the View by Using the Aspect Button
Press the Aspect button on the remote control to select an option for the dimensions of the TV picture image. The
options that are available for selection depend on the current input source.
The Aspect options are:
■ Auto automatically shows the correct aspect
ratio, based on the content.
■ 16:9 shows widescreen TV in its recorded format,
or stretches a 4:3 ratio image to fit the screen with
no center aspect correction.
■ 4:3 shows the standard 4:3 ratio image in the
center of the TV, with dark bars on the left and
right of the screen, or horizontally shrinks
widescreen pictures.
■ Zoom1 stretches the image vertically. Suitable
for stretching widescreen DVD movies to reduce or
eliminate horizontal dark stripes at the top and
bottom of the screen.
■ Zoom2 stretches the image both vertically and
horizontally, and may clip the top, bottom, and
sides of the image.
■ Panorama stretches the picture horizontally, if
necessary, to fill the screen; the center of the
screen has aspect correction. Suitable for
stretching a normal 4:3 ratio image to fill the
screen.
Use the onscreen display Picture menu Aspect Ratio
option to set the default aspect; see “Using the Picture
Menu” on page 30.
Turning On Captions
Press the CC button on the remote control to select the
caption option:
■ On: Turns on captions.
■ Off: Turns off captions.
■ On Mute: Displays captions while the sound is
muted (the Mute button is pressed).
To assign your preferences for captions, see “Using the
Caption (Closed Caption) menu” on page 40.
Input
signal
TV image (Aspect)
4:3 16:9 Zoom1 Zoom2 Panorama
4:3
16:9 Not available
n
When the input source is HDMI, the
Panorama mode is not available.
When the input source is PC, the
Zoom1, Zoom2, and Panorama modes
are not available.
n
Some stations transmit standard definition
programming directly in 16:9 aspect ratio
so that the image has embedded dark side
bars. For that type of input signal,
Panorama mode is not available, and
Zoom1 and Zoom2 modes do not eliminate
the side bars.