Tv Signals And Display Formats - Mitsubishi WD-60C8 Owner's Manual

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4. TV Operation and Features

TV Signals and Display Formats

This is a 16:9 widescreen TV suitable for images avail-
able from HDTV and many DVDs. You can view older-
style squarish images (4:3 aspect ratio) using one of the
display formats described on this page. Press the FORMAT
key to cycle through the available display formats. The TV
remembers the format you last used for each input.
DVD Image Definitions
Image information may be stated on the DVD case. Some
DVDs support both of the formats described below.
Anamorphic (or Enhanced for WideScreen TV)
Indicates DVDs recorded to show widescreen images prop-
erly on 16:9 TV sets using the TV's Standard format mode
(recommended).
Non-Anamorphic (or 4:3, 1:33:1, Letter Box, or
Full Screen)
Indicates DVDs recorded for viewing on squarish TV
screens. They may be full screen (4:3 or 1:33:1) which
crops movies to fit the narrow TV, or letter box, which
adds black top and bottom bars.
Signal Definitions
480i: Traditional interlaced signals from ANT-1 and ANT 2,
composite VIDEO, component Y Pb Pr, and HDMI jacks.
480p: Progressive-scan DVD signals on component Y Pb
Pr and HDMI jacks.
720p and 1080i: High-definition signals received through
component Y Pb Pr and HDMI jacks. These signals are
always 16:9 (widescreen).
SD 4:3: Standard-definition squarish-screen-format
signals from digital channels on ANT 1 and ANT 2.
SD 16:9:
Standard-definition widescreen-format signals
from digital channels on ANT 1 and ANT 2
HD 16:9:
High-definition 16:9 widescreen signals from
digital channels on ANT 1 and ANT 2
TV Display Format Definitions
Standard: This is the full-screen format used by HDTV
signals. Use this format to display anamorphic DVDs with a
1.78:1 or 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Anamorphic DVDs with a 2.35:1
aspect ratio are displayed correctly but with top and bottom
black bars. Narrow (4:3) images are stretched evenly from
side to side. Available for all signals.
Expand: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by cropping
the top and bottom; useful for reducing the letter box top and
bottom bars of non-anamorphic DVD images.
Zoom: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by cropping the
sides, top, and bottom to eliminate black bars. 480i/480p and
SD 4:3 signals: Eliminates top and bottom bars on anamor-
phic DVDs with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. 720p, 1080i, SD 16:9,
and HD signals: Eliminates bars added to 4:3 images.
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Original
Signal
TV
Display
Non-anamorphic or SD 4:3
Standard
Distorted.
Not recom-
mended.
Expand Recom-
mended for
letterbox. See
Note 1.
Zoom Distorted.
Not recom-
mended. See
Note 1.
Stretch Recom-
mended for
standard
broadcasts.
See Note 1.
Stretch Recom-
Plus mended for
standard
broadcasts.
See Note 1.
Narrow See Note 1
Original Signal
SD 16:9 or
HD Digital
720p, 1080i,
1080p Signal
TV Display Formats. Press the FORMAT key repeatedly to
see the displays available for the current program. Press
the INFO key to see the name of the display format in use.
Note 1: Available for 480i, 480p, and digital SD 4:3 signals only.
Stretch: Stretches a narrow 4:3 image across the screen
to display the entire image with less distortion than the
Standard format.
Stretch Plus: Similar to Stretch, but minimizes distortion on
the sides by expanding the picture to crop off portions of the
top and bottom. You can adjust the vertical position of the
picture. Press VIDEO repeatedly to show the Vert Adjustment
option, then press ENTER. Use
Narrow: Displays narrow 4:3 images in their original shape.
Adds black side bars to fill the screen.
Wide Expand: Enlarges the picture, cropping the image on
both sides. Removes or reduces black side bars added to
narrow images converted to 16:9 signals for digital broadcast.
Note: All high-definition channels send widescreen (16:9)
signals, but not all such programming was created for this
format. The broadcaster may stretch the image or add side
bars to fill the widescreen area.
Anamorphic DVD
Recommended
Distorted; not
recommended.
See Note 1.
Recommended
for anamorphic
2.35:1 images.
See Note 1.
Distorted; not
recommended.
See Note 1.
Distorted; not
recommended.
See Note 1.
Distorted; not
recommended.
See Note 1.
Display Formats
Wide
Recommended to re-
Expand
move side bars.
Zoom
Recommended to re-
move bars from the top,
bottom, and sides.
to move the picture.