Tv Signals And Display Formats - Mitsubishi Electric LaserVue L75-A91 Owner's Manual

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3. Using TV Features

TV Signals and Display Formats

This is a 16:9 widescreen TV suitable for images available
from HDTV and many DVDs. You can view older-style, squar-
ish images (4:3 aspect ratio) using one of the display formats
described on this page. Press the MORE key and then the
0 key (FORMAT) to cycle through 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: Older type of interlaced signals from the ANT input,
composite VIDEO, component Y Pb Pr, or HDMI jacks.
480p: Progressive-scan DVD signals on component Y Pb
Pr or HDMI jacks.
720p and 1080i: High-definition signals received through
component Y Pb Pr or HDMI jacks. These signals are
always 16:9 (widescreen).
1080p: High-definition signals from a PC or Blu-ray player,
HDMI inputs only.
SD 4:3: Standard-definition squarish-screen-format
signals from digital channels on the ANT input.
SD 16:9: Standard-definition widescreen-format signals
from digital channels on the ANT input.
HD 16:9: High-definition 16:9 widescreen signals from
digital channels on the ANT input.
TV Display Format Definitions
Standard: 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. Squarish (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:
•
bars on anamorphic DVDs with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
720p, 1080i, SD 16:9, and HD signals:
•
added to squarish 4:3 images.
In Canada call 1(800) 450-6487 for assistance.
Eliminates top and bottom
Eliminates bars
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
Note 1: Available for 480i, 480p, and digital SD 4:3 signals only.
Original Signal
SD 16:9 or
HD Digital
720p, 1080i,
1080p Signal
TV Display Formats. Press the MORE key and then
repeatedly press the 0 key (FORMAT) to see the displays
available for the current program. Press the INFO key to
see the name of the display format in use.
Stretch: Stretches a squarish 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. Use
position of the picture. L75-A91. Position adjustment may
be unavailable if your NetCommand setup reassigned the
keys for the current device.
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 broad-
cast.
Note: All high-definition channels send widescreen
(16:9) signals, but not all programming was created for
the widescreen 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 adjust the vertical