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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
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.
4) Playing 16:9 BD or DVD when “TV Aspect Ratio” is set to “4:3 Pan/Scan”
• 1:1 – The player disregards the aspect ratio and fills the 4:3 screen. Figures may look taller and
narrower than they should be.
• Letterbox – The player maintains the correct 16:9 aspect ratio and adds borders to the top and
bottom of the image.
• Full Screen – The player maintains the correct aspect ratio but crops the left and right slightly in
order to fit the 16:9 image to the 4:3 screen.
1:1 “Letterbox” Zoom “Full Screen” Zoom