ProScan PS34190 Owner's Manual page 18

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Watching the CINEMA Mode
Viewing Standard 4x3 Broadcasts
Standard television is broadcast in a 4x3 aspect ratio, which is 4 units
wide by 3 units, high. Your TV has a wide 16x9 aspect ratio, 16 units
wide by 9 units high. Because of this, standard television broadcasts
will appear on your TV with black bars on the left and right sides of the
screen, as shown at the right.
When watching standard 4x3 broadcasts, there are three ways to fill the
TVs 16x9 screen:
1. Use the Cinema Controls shown below.
2. Use the Split Screen feature shown on page 18.
3. Use the Picture-Outside-Picture feature shown on page 19.
Standard 4x3 Format
Using Cinema Controls
You may wish to fill the screen using Cinema A. Cinema B and C are
not recommended for use with standard 4x3 broadcasts.
A. Press TV to set the remote to control the TV.
B. Press GINEMA. The first time you press GINEMA, the picture will
expand to the Cinema A position or to Cinema option previously
selected. Press GINEMA again to bring up the Cinema Controls
menu.
C. Press 4 to select Cinema A. This will not distort the original
proportions of the picture, but a small portion of the top and bottom
of the standard 4x3 broadcast will be cropped. You can use the Pan
function below to vertically reposition the image.
Cinema Mode 16x9 Format
Adjusting Cinema
Press the ADJUST button to cycle through all 5 viewing options:
Cinema Off, Cinema A, Cinema B, Cinema C and Fill. Use the one that
works best for tlhe program you are using.
With the Cinema Controls Menu, use the two options below to adjust
the picture for the Cinema Mode.
Fill: Fills the screen by expanding
the picture in the horizontal direc-
tion only. This does not cut off any portion of the picture, but
causes bot]h standard 4x3 broadcasts and letterboxed material to
appear stretched across the screen. Primarily intended for use
with "squeezed" video sources such as some 16x9 camcorders.
Other sources of squeezed video could become available in the
future.
Pan: Brings up the Pan Controls
Menu (shown at the right) which
enables you to pan around the screen to watch those areas of the
picture that may have been cut off by using Cinema A, B, or C.
Reposition the image to suit your viewing preferences. For exam-
ple, use the pan menu to allow room for subtitles when watching
a foreign film.
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