Sharp LC-28HM2 Operation Manual page 40

Reference
In the OPTION mode
Depending on the WIDE VIEW setting, the display of the wide mode changes. The display also changes
depending on the input video signal.
Input signal
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Regular video (broadcast)
signal
Letter Box
Wide screen with black bands
at the top and bottom of the
display
Squeeze (left-right compression)
Picture when playing back
DVD's with squeeze recording
For high-grade pictures such as
HDTV (Wide size)
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STRETCH
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Picture is stretched horizontally
while black bands appear to
make the vertical-horizontal
ratio 16:9.
Full picture is visible but black
bands appear at the top and
bottom. (Maximum stretching in
the horizontal direction)
Full picture is visible. Picture
becomes perfectly round. Black
bands appear at the top and
bottom.
WIDE VIEW
FULL
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Picture is stretched over the
entire screen.
Picture is stretched over the
entire screen.
Full picture is visible. Picture is
slightly stretched vertically.