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Affect on Input Type on 4X3 Display
Scale
Mode
Standard Video or
VGA/SVGA/XGA
Letter-
No distortion
box/
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 (16x9) forces the aspect ratio to 16 x 9 (1.77), the standard for many DVD movies. This will distort any pic-
ture other than 16X9 aspect ratio pictures. Widescreen can be used to display anamorphic DVDs on an array
Normal
No distortion
Video
Normal Video (4x3) forces a 4 x 3 (1.33) aspect ratio, the ratio of standard television. Normal Video is used to display
YPbPr video on the analog input port. Its resolution is 720x640 which is not 4x3 but it should be displayed as 4x3 (the
pixels aren't square)
33
1080i or WXGA Com-
puter Source
Fits width of image with-
out distortion; fills height
with border
Fits width of image with-
out distortion; fills height
with border
Compresses width to fit,
no border
Affect on Input Type on 16X9 Display
Standard Video, VGA/
SVGA/XGA, or 4X3
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
1080i or WXGA Computer
or 16X9 Source
Displays at native resolu-
tion without distortion
Displays at native resolu-
tion without distortion
Fits height of image, com-
presses width and fills
with border
.
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