Television Aspect Ratio Chart - D-Link MediaLounge DSM-520 User Manual

DSM-520 User's Manual

Television Aspect Ratio Chart

Video files will be in one of the three aspect ratios: 4:3 Pan/Scan, 4:3 Letter Box, or 16:9
Widescreen. The aspect ratio setting of the DSM-520 must match the file that is to be played
for the type of TV you have.
How to read this chart:
This chart contains three main categories: Video, Output and TV.
Video:
Output:
TV:
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This pertains to the video file's encoded format. Some video files are encoded
with 16:9 aspect ratio, while others are encoded with the standard 4:3 aspect
ratio.
This is based on your video setting. At the Setup menu select General, and
then Audio/Video. The Aspect Ratio field has three options to choose from:
4:3, 4:3 Letterbox, and 16:9.
This is based on the type of television being used (Standard 4:3 TV or Widescreen
16:9 TV).
Appendix
If you set your Output
settings to 16:9, and your
TV is a standard 4:3, playing
a Video file encoded for
16:9 televisions will result
in a squished image.
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