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Picture aspect ratio
Disc content
Film in widescreen
format (16:9)
Film in 4:3 format
At this point you can determine the aspect ratio (16:9 / 4:3) of the display
device connected to your system.
The possible formats are:
• 16:9 widescreen
• 16:9 pillar-box
• 4:3 letterbox
• 4:3 pan & scan
Please select the appropriate setting from the table below:
16:9
16:9 widescreen
The picture is
unchanged, and is
displayed filling the
unchanged, and is
screen
displayed filling the
The picture is
stretched
unchanged, and is
horizontally, and
displayed centrally,
displayed filling the
leaving vertical black
screen
stripes on both sides
If you select the 16:9 setting when the display device connected to the system
is a 4:3 type, you may find that no picture is displayed at all.
Aspect ratio of the display device
16:9 pillar-box
No effect –
The picture is
the picture is
unchanged, and
displayed full-width,
leaving horizontal
screen
black bars above and
below the picture.
The picture is
the picture is
unchanged, and is
displayed filling the
of the picture.
4:3
4:3 letterbox
4:3 pan & scan
The picture is
unchanged, and
displayed full-height.
The right and left-
hand edges of the
picture are not
No effect –
No effect –
the picture is
unchanged, and is
displayed filling the
screen.
shown.
screen.
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