Mitsumi electronic WD-73734 Flat Panel Television User Manual


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30 4. TV Operation and Features
ThisisawidescreenTV,alsoknownasa16:9TV.This
shapereflectsthenewtypesofimagesavailablefrom
HDTVandmanyDVDs.Therearestillmanyolderstyle
narrow-screenimages(called4:3aspectratio)you
willencounter.Whilethereisnoperfectsolutionfor
displayingasquarish,narrowerimageonawidescreen,
Mitsubishioffersseveraldisplayformatsfromwhich
youcanchoose.
Press
FORMAT
ontheTVremotecontroltocyclethrough
theavailabledisplayformats.Thelast-usedformatfor
eachdeviceisusedwhenyoureturntothatdevice.
Signal Definitions
480i Signals:Traditionalanaloginterlacedsignalsfrom
orthrough
ANT-1
and
2
,
INPUT 1
–
3
,
COMPONENT
and
HDMI
jacks.
480p Signals:Progressive-scanDVDsignalson
COM-
PONENT
and
HDMI
jacks.
720p and 1080i Signals:High-definitionsignals
receivedthrough
COMPONENT
and
HDMI
jacks.These
signalsarealways16:9(widescreen).
SD 4:3:Standard-definitionsquarish-screenformat
signalsfromdigitalchannelson
ANT 1
and
ANT 2
.
SD 16:9: Standard-definitionwidescreenformatsignals
fromdigitalchannelson
ANT 1
and
ANT 2
.
HD: High-definitionwide-screenformatsignalsfrom
digitalchannelson
ANT 1
and
ANT 2
.Thesesignalsare
always16:9(widescreen).
DVD Definitions
Anamorphic (or Enhanced for WideScreen TV)
TheseDVDsarerecordedinaspecialwaytoprop-
erlyshowwidescreenimageson16:9TVsetsusing
theStandardformatmode.Thisistherecommended
viewingchoice.
Non-Anamorphic (or 4:3, 1:33:1, Letter Box, or Full
Screen)
TheseDVDsarerecordedforusewithtraditionally
shaped,squarishTVs.Theymaybefullscreen(4:3or
1:33:1)whichcropsmoviestofitthenarrowTV,orletter
box,whichaddsblacktopandbottombars.
ThisinformationmaybelistedontheDVDcase.Some
DVDssupportbothtypesofrecordings.
TV Display Format Definitions
Standard: Thisisthefull-screenformat.HDTVsignals
usethisformat.Thisformatisusefulfordisplaying
AnamorphicDVDsthathave1.78:1or1.85:1aspect
ratios.AnamorphicDVDsthathavea2.35:1aspect
ratioaredisplayedwithblackbarsatthetopand
bottom,butshowtheentireimagecorrectly.Narrow
(4:3)imagesarestretchedevenlyfromsidetoside.
Availableforallsignals.
Expand:Thisenlargesthepicturetofillthescreen,
croppingoffsomeoftheimageatthetopandbottom.
Thisisusefulforreducingtheletterboxtopandbottom
barsofnon-anamorphicDVDimages.Availablefor
480i,480p,anddigitalSD4:3signalsonly.
Zoom: Thisenlargesthepicture,croppingoffsome
oftheimageateachsideandtopandbottom.This
isusefulforremovingorreducingtheblacktopand
bottombarsonanamorphicDVDswitha2.35:1aspect
ratio.Availablefor480i,480p,andSD4:3signalsonly.
Stretch:Thisformatstretchesanarrow(4:3)image
acrossthescreen;thereislessstretchinthecenter
thanatthesides,however.Thisallowstheentire
narrowimagetobedisplayedacrossthescreenwith
lessdistortionthanisseenintheStandardformat.
Availablefor480i,480p,andSD4:3signalsonly.
Stretch Plus: Similartostretchmode,buttominimize
distortionsontheside,thepictureisexpandedtocrop
offportionsofthetopandbottom.Exceptwhendis-
playingmenus,press
toadjustthepositionofthe
picturevertically.Availablefor480i,480p,andSD4:3
signalsonly.
Narrow: Thisformatdisplaysnarrow(4:3)imagesin
theiroriginalshape,andaddsstationaryblackside
barstofillthescreen.Availablefor480i,480p,andSD
4:3signalsonly.
Wide Expand: Enlargesthepicture,croppingsomeof
theimageonbothsides.ThisExpandformatisuseful
toremoveorreduceblacksidebarsaddedtonarrow
imagesthatareconvertedto16:9signalsfordigital
broadcast.Availablefor1080i,720p,digitalSD16:9
anddigitalHDsignals.
Note: Allhigh-denitionchannelssendwidescreen
(16:9)signals,butnotallprogrammingsenton
thesechannelswascreatedforthisformat.The
broadcastermaystretchtheimageoraddside
barstollthewidescreenarea.
TV Signals and Display Formats
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