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4 x 3 Standard –
Choose this setting if you want the movie to fill the
entire screen of your TV. This might mean that parts of the picture (the left
and right edges) won’t be seen.
Most discs produced in a widescreen format can’t be cropped in this
fashion. This means the black bars will appear at the top and the bottom of
the screen.
16 x 9 Widescreen –
Choose this setting if your DVD Player is connected
to a widescreen TV. If you choose this setting and you don’t have a
widescreen TV, the images on the screen may appear distorted due to
vertical compression.
If you play a disc recorded in 4 x 3 format on a widescreen TV, the left and
right side of the screen appears black.
Some movies are actually slightly wider than 16 x 9. In this case, black
bars appear at the top and bottom of the screen even in Widescreen mode.
Note:
Some discs are already formatted with black bars so the entire image can be
seen on a standard TV screen. If you have a widescreen TV and you are playing
this type of disc, you will need to set your TV to expand the image. See your TV
User’s Manual.
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