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Affect on Input Type on 4 x 3 Display
Scale
4 x 3 source
Mode
(e.g. Standard Video
or VGA/SVGA/XGA)
Letterbox/
No distortion
Pillarbox
Letterbox/Pillarbox
expands the picture until the first edges (top-bottom or left-right) touch the border of the
display, and then fills in the other sides with a solid color.
Wide-
Stretches width of
screen
image; fills top and
bottom with border
Widescreen (16 x 9)
forces the aspect ratio to 16 x 9 (1.77), the standard for many DVD movies. This will distort any
picture other than 16 x 9 aspect ratio pictures. Widescreen can be used to display anamorphic DVDs on an array.
Normal
No distortion
Video
Normal Video (4 x 3)
standard video on the analog or component inputs. Its resolution is 720 x 640, which is not 4 x 3, but it should be
displayed as 4 x 3 (the pixels aren't square).
16 x 9 source
(e.g. 1080i or WXGA
computer source)
Fits width of image
without distortion; fills
height with border
Fits width of image
without distortion; fills
height with border
Compresses width to
fit, no border
forces a 4 x 3 (1.33) aspect ratio, the ratio of standard television. Normal Video is used to display
m52L Installation Guide
Affect on Input Type on 16 x 9 Display
4 x 3 source
(e.g. Standard Video or
VGA/SVGA/XGA)
Fits height of image
without distortion; fills
width with border
Stretches image to fill
width without affecting
height
Fits height and width of
image without distortion;
fills width with border
Scale Mode Settings
16 x 9 source
(e.g. 1080i or WXGA
computer source)
Displays full image
without distortion
Displays full image
without distortion
Fits height of image,
compresses width and
fills with border
.
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