Tv Signals And Display Formats - Mitsubishi Electric LT-46244 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 device.
DVD Image Definitions
Image information may be stated on the DVD case.
Some DVDs support both formats.
Anamorphic (or Enhanced for WideScreen TV)
DVDs recorded to properly show widescreen images on
16:9 TV sets using the Standard format mode (recom-
mended).
Non-Anamorphic (or 4:3, 1:33:1, Letter Box, or
Full Screen)
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, INPUT 1–3, COMPONENT and HDMI jacks.
480p: Progressive-scan DVD signals on COMPONENT
and HDMI jacks.
720p and 1080i: High-definition signals received
through COMPONENT 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:
High-definition 16:9 widescreen signals from digital
channels on ANT 1 and ANT 2
Original
Standard
Signal
Recommended
Distorted.
Non-
for letterbox.
Not recom-
anamorphic
mended. See Note 1.
or SD 4:3
Recommended Distorted; not
Anamorphic
recommended.
DVD
See Note 1.
TV Display Formats. Press the FORMAT key repeatedly to see different displays for the current program. Press the INFO
key to see the name of the display format in use.
.
.
Expand Zoom
Distorted. Not
recommended.
See Note 1.
Recommended
for anamorphic
2.35:1 images.
See Note 1.
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; useful for
removing or reducing the black top and bottom bars on
anamorphic DVDs with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
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. Unless displaying
a menu, press
picture.
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.
Stretch Stretch Plus
Recommended Recommended
for standard for standard
broadcasts. broadcasts.
See Note 1. See Note 1.
Distorted; not Distorted; not
recommended.
recommended.
See Note 1.
See Note 1.
to adjust the vertical position of the
Original
Narrow
Signal
See Note 1
SD 16:9 or
HD Digital
(broadcast with
side bars)
Note 1
Available for 480i, 480p, and
digital SD 4:3 signals only.
Distorted;
Note 2
not recom-
Available for digital SD 16:9 and
mended. See
HD signals, 1080i, 720p; not
Note 1.
available for 1080p signals.
Wide
Expand
Recommended
to remove side
bars. See
Note 2.