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Using the DVD Menu
The Display Menu
The
Display
menu contains the settings that affect how disc content looks on your
TV/DVD.
TV Image
The
TV Image
menu adjusts the way a movie appears on your TV/DVD. Standard TVs
are 4 x 3 format.
1. From the DVD’s main menu (in DVD mode, no disc playing), highlight
Display
and press OK (the
Display
options appear).
2. Highlight
TV Image
. Press OK. The
TV Image
options appear.
4x3 Standard
4x3 Letterbox
4 x 3 Letterbox –
Choose this setting if you want to see
movies in their original aspect ratio (height-to-width
ratio). You’ll see the entire frame of the movie, but it will
take up a smaller portion of the screen vertically. The
movie might appear with black bars at the top and
bottom of the screen.
4 x 3 Standard –
Choose this setting if you want the
movie to fill the entire screen of your TV/DVD. 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 TV/DVD
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 will
appear black.
16 X 9 Widescreen
