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Watching the TV
• Letterbox movie of a video
tape or a DVD disc
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
• Normal 4:3 aspect ratio
picture
• DTV 4:3 aspect ratio picture
Zoom
Original Picture
“Zoom” enlarges the 4:3
picture horizontally and
vertically to an equal aspect
ratio that fills the 16:9
screen. Useful for watching
Letterbox movies.
Full
Original Picture
Auto Wide
• Letter box movies with
subtitles outside the picture
(2.35:1 aspect ratio)
Normal
Original Picture
“Subtitle” enlarges the
picture horizontally and
vertically to an equal aspect
ratio that fills the screen,
while the subtitle area is
compressed to fit the screen.
Auto Wide
Auto Wide
“Full” stretches the 4:3
picture horizontally only, to
fill the 16:9 screen.
• 4:3 squeezed video camera or
DVD picture
• DTV 16:9 aspect ratio picture
Subtitle
Original Picture
“Normal” returns the 4:3
picture to its original size.
• Normal 4:3 aspect ratio
picture
• DTV 4:3 aspect ratio picture
“Widezoom” enlarges the
4:3 picture to fill the 16:9
screen, keeping the original
image as much as possible.