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Video Output settings
Setting Option What it means
TV Screen
*1
(This setting effective
for analog and HDMI
video output. See also
“Screen sizes and disc
formats” on page 52.)
*1 When connected to a 16:9 television: when either “16:9 (Wide)” or “16:9 (Compressed)” is selected and the television screen is
expanded horizontally, the television screen settings must be changed.
4:3 (Letter Box)
Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are
shown with black bars top and bottom.
4:3 (Pan&Scan)
Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are
shown with the sides cropped so that the image fills the
screen.
16:9 (Wide) Set if you have a widescreen TV.
16:9 (Compressed)
Can be selected when you are connected via HDMI, and have
the “HDMI Resolution” set to “1920 x 1080p”, “1920 x 1080i”
or “1280 x 720p”. Video in 4:3 can be properly displayed on a
16:9 high definition television (with black bars shown on either
side of the screen).
Component Out
Progressive
Set if your TV is compatible with progressive scan video (see
your TV’s instruction manual for details). The PRGSVE indica-
tor lights in the front panel display. See also “Switching the
video output to interlace using the front panel controls” on
page 20.
Interlace Set if your TV is not compatible with progressive scan video.
AV Connector Out
(European model only)
Video Ordinary (composite) video output, compatible with all TVs.
RGB
If your TV is compatible, this setting gives the best picture
quality.
Note that there is no output from the component jacks when
this setting is selected.
HDMI Resolution
(If the monitor doesn’t
support the selected
resolution, the screen
will not appear.)
1920x1080p
Set if your TV supports 1920 x 1080 pixel progressive-scan
video.
1920x1080i Set if your TV supports 1920 x 1080 pixel interlace video.
1280x720p
Set if your TV supports 1280 x 720 pixel progressive-scan
video.
720x480p (NTSC)/
720x576p (PAL)
Set if your TV supports 720 x 480 pixel(NTSC) /720 x 576
pixel (PAL) progressive-scan video.
720x480i (NTSC)/
720x576i (PAL)
Set if your TV supports 720 x 480 pixel(NTSC) /720 x 576
pixel (PAL) interlace video.
HDMI Color
Full range RGB If colors are weak, this gives brighter colors and deeper black.
RGB
Use this setting if colors appear overly rich on the “Full range
RGB” setting.
Component
Outputs component video format (default setting for HDMI-
compatible devices).
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