Operation Manual

1. Setup and Operation 9
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The FO RMAT Key and Picture Shape
Important
Black bars at the edges of the
picture are common in HD
pictures. Black bars are not a
defect of the TV.
Black bars are added by broad-•
casters to fill the 16:9 screen
area while preserving the original
aspect ratio of the picture.
Your cable box, satellite receiver, •
or DVD player may also be alter-
ing the broadcast picture. If your
device offers output in native
format, try using it with Mitsubi-
shi’s picture formats.
Sample Uses of the FORMAT Key
You can use the
FORMAT key to reduce or eliminate black areas at the
picture edges.
Press
Squarish 4:3 image is
narrower than the 16:9
screen; unused areas at the
sides are filled with black.
Standard mode stretches the
picture sideways to fill the
screen.
Press
Wide 2.35:1 anamorphic DVD
image; unused areas at the
top and bottom are filled with
black (letterbox effect).
Zoom mode. The picture fills
the screen. All four edges are
cropped in this mode.
Repeatedly press the
FORMAT key to cycle
through displays avail-
able for the current
program. The TV will
remember the format
you last used on each
input.
TV Signals and Display Formats
This is a 16:9 widescreen TV suitable for images available
from HDTV and many DVDs. You can view older-style,
squarish images (4:3 aspect ratio) using one of the display
formats described on this page (press the
FORMAT key to
cycle through available display formats).
All high-definition channels send widescreen (16:9)
signals, but not all programming was created for the
widescreen format. The broadcaster may stretch the
image or add side bars to fill the widescreen area.
TV Display Format Definitions
Standard: The full-screen format used by HDTV
signals. Use this format to display anamorphic DVDs
with a 1.78:1 or 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Anamorphic DVDs
with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio are displayed correctly but
with top and bottom black bars. Squarish (4:3) images
are stretched evenly from side to side. Available for all
signals.
Expand: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by
cropping the top and bottom; useful for reducing the
letter box top and bottom bars of non-anamorphic DVD
images.
Zoom: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by crop-
ping the sides, top, and bottom to eliminate black bars.
480i/480p and SD 4:3 signals:• Eliminates top and
bottom bars on anamorphic DVDs with a 2.35:1
aspect ratio.
720p, 1080i, SD 16:9, and HD signals:• Eliminates
bars added to squarish 4:3 images.
Stretch: Stretches a squarish 4:3 image across the
screen to display the entire image with less distortion
than the Standard format.
Narrow: Displays narrow 4:3 images in their original
shape. Adds black side bars to fill the screen.
Wide Expand: Enlarges the picture, cropping the
image on both sides. Removes or reduces black side
bars added to narrow images converted to 16:9 signals
for digital broadcast.
Using the FORMAT Key