Changing Widescreen And Normal Viewing Modes - Gateway GTW-P42M102 User Manual

Chapter 3: Using Your Plasma TV Controls
Changing widescreen and normal
viewing modes
Your plasma TV has several widescreen and normal viewing modes you can use:
■ 4:3 viewing mode produces a square image similar to a standard TV.
■ Panorama viewing mode stretches only the sides of the image to fill the
screen, leaving the center of the image unmodified.
■ 16:9 viewing mode produces a widescreen image similar to the screen at
a movie theater. When you are in 16:9 mode, you can select one of three
zoom modes.
When watching a 4:3 signal
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4:3 - The original 4:3
image is preserved
but black bars are
added to the extra
space on the left and
right.
16:9 - The original 4:3
image is
proportionally
stretched to fill the
entire screen.
Panorama - The
original 4:3 image is
stretched only on the
left and right sides to
fill the screen, leaving
the center image
unchanged.
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When watching a widescreen signal
- OR -
1.85:1
16:9 - The widescreen
image fills the screen.
16:9 Zoom1 - Shifts
the image upward
(good for
presentations with
sub-titles).
16:9 Zoom2 -
Stretches 1.85:1
content to fill the
screen.
16:9 Zoom3 -
Stretches 2.35:1
content to fill the
screen.
2.35:1