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Watching the TV
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Using the Wide Screen
Mode
Changing the Wide Screen Mode
automatically
The Auto Wide Mode lets you watch 4:3 normal
broadcasts or other sizes of the picture such as
movies in several Wide Screen Modes (16:9 aspect
ratio). The following example shows the default
settings. (The “Auto Wide” screen mode is set to
“Mode2,” and “4:3 Default” is set to “Widezoom.”
Widezoom
Original Picture
Auto Wide
Auto Wide
“Zoom” enlarges the 4:3
picture horizontally and
vertically to an equal
aspect ratio that fills the
16:9 screen. Useful for
watching Letterbox
Full
Original Picture
Auto Wide
“Subtitle” enlarges the
picture horizontally and
vertically to an equal
aspect ratio that fills the
screen, while the subtitle
area is compressed to fit
Auto Wide
Auto Wide
“Full” stretches the 4:3
picture horizontally only,
to fill the 16:9 screen.
“Normal” returns the 4:3
picture to its original size.
“Widezoom” enlarges the
4:3 picture to fill the 16:9
screen, keeping the
original image as much as
(Continued)
• Normal 4:3 aspect ratio
picture
• DTV 4:3 aspect ratio picture
• 4:3 squeezed video camera or
DVD picture
• DTV 16:9 aspect ratio picture
Subtitle
Original Picture
• Letter box movies with
subtitles outside the picture
(2.35:1 aspect ratio)
Normal
Original Picture
• Normal 4:3 aspect ratio
picture
• DTV 4:3 aspect ratio picture
Zoom
Original Picture
• Letterbox movie of a video
tape or a DVD disc