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Note:
You can also change the image shape using
the menu system. Select IMAGE SHAPE
HD1 or HD2 in the THEATER menu.
THEATER
WOW
I MAGE SHAPE
HD1 NORMAL LETTERBOX COMPRESS / /
NORMAL HD2
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PIC SIZE
MENU
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Viewing the wide-screen picture formats
You can view programs that have the conventional TV picture format
(4:3 aspect ratio) and the wide-screen format (16:9 aspect ratio). This
feature is available for 1080i digital broadcasts and 480p/480i DVD
signals connected to the ColorStream HD1 and HD2 jacks.
Selecting the image shape
1. Make sure the ColorStream HD1 or HD2 mode is selected. (See
page 43 for details.)
2. Press PIC SIZE repeatedly to select either Normal, Letterbox, or
Compression image shape, as described below.
Note: The message “Not Available” will appear when the PIC SIZE button
is pressed in a mode other than ColorStream HD1 or HD2.
HD1 I MAGE SHAPE
0
:
1
:
2
:
NORMAL
LETTERBOX
COMPRESS I ON
0
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2 TO SELECT:
While the above menu is on the screen, you can select the desired
picture size by pressing the corresponding number button (0–2).
Normal
The Normal picture size displays the picture in the conventional 4:3
aspect ratio. The picture is stretched vertically to fill the screen.
Letterbox, Compression
The Letterbox and Compression modes display the wide picture
(16:9) with bars at top and bottom. The picture retains its true
proportion.
Letterbox (recommended mode):
• Picture is horizontally stretched, with bars at top and bottom.
• Lower picture quality than in the Compression mode because of a
reduction in the scanning lines.
• Slightly lower chance of permanently
engraining stationary patterns on the
picture tube than in the Compression
mode.
Compression:
• Picture is vertically compressed,
with bars at top and bottom.
•
Better picture quality than in the
Letterbox mode because of more
effective use of scanning lines.
• Greater chance of permanently
engraining stationary patterns on the picture tube than in the
Letterbox mode, since there is no raster in the area of the bars at
top and bottom.
NOTICE OF POSSIBLE ADVERSE
EFFECTSONTVPICTURETUBE
If a fixed (non-moving) pattern remains
on the TV screen for long periods of time,
the image can become permanently
engrained in the picture tube. See page 2
for details.
Letterbox and Compression
modes have bars at the top and
bottom of the screen. See
“Notice of possible adverse
effects on TV picture tube,” at
right.