Aspect Ratio Setting; Recommended Settings - Uniden HD6000 Owner's Manual

Aspect Ratio Setting

Digital TV broadcasts carry a mixture of widescreen (16:9) and standard (4:3) format
programmes.
Under new guidelines, all new TV sets will have an ex-factory default setting which makes the set
follow the broadcaster's transmitted picture format codes. The Active Format Descriptor (AFD)
code will allow some view preferences to operate automatically, but only those which the
broadcaster has catered for in making the programme. For example, it will allow a viewer to fill
the screen of a 4:3 TV set with the centre portion of a widescreen picture, but only for programmes
'shot and protected' to allow for this, so that cutting off the edges won't lose important action in the
scene.

Recommended Settings

The HD6000 offers the following options through the A.Ratio (aspect ratio) button on the remote
control:
4:3 Letter Box
4:3 Centre Cut
16:9 Wide (factory default)
Full screen
AFD 4:3 Letter Box
AFD 4:3 Centre Cut
AFD 16:9 Wide
The view option AFD 4:3 Letter Box is interpreted as a best compromise for the various formats.
Recognising that viewers may not always be satisfied with the broadcaster's recommended
display format or choice of formats, TV sets may also have a 'viewer preference' setting, in which
the viewer's wishes override that of the broadcaster, the viewer will have to select these other
modes deliberately.
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