13 Additional Information
Screen sizes and disc
formats
The table below shows the effect of various TV Screen settings
on the different kinds of disc available.
When viewing a wide screen TV or monitor
Setting and Appearance Screen format of disc
Widescreen (movies, etc.)
Note that some extra-wide formats
(such as CinemaScope) will appear
with black bars at the top and
bottom of the screen.
16:9 (Wide)
Standard (TV programs,
etc.)
Your TV will determine how the
picture is presented—check the
manual that came with the TV for
details. Typical options are black
bars either side, some form of
stretched or zoomed presentation.
16:9 (Wide)
When viewing a standard size TV or monitor
Setting and Appearance Screen format of disc
Standard (TV programs,
etc.)
The program is presented correctly,
regardless of the setting.
Any setting
Widescreen (movies, etc.)
The program is shown in
widescreen with black bars at the
top and bottom of the screen.
4:3 (Letter Box)
Widescreen (movies, etc.)
The sides of the program are
cropped so that the picture fills the
whole screen.
4:3 (Pan & Scan)
Widescreen (movies, etc.)
The program appears squashed: set
to either 4:3 (Letter Box) or 4:3
(Pan & Scan).
16:9 (Wide)
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