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Screen Format

Selects a screen format from a range of screen types according to your preferences.


“Screen Format” allows you to select a screen format to better fit content you are viewing. This function is useful to display 4:3 broadcasts by filling the entire screen or to display subtitles properly.


Screen Types

Smart* Enlarges the picture to fill a 16:9 screen, preserving the original picture as much as possible.
4:3 Displays a 4:3 picture in its original size. Side bars are shown to fill the 16:9 screen.
Wide Stretches the 4:3 picture horizontally, to fill the 16:9 screen.
Zoom* Displays the cinemascopic (letter box format) picture in the correct proportion.
14:9* Displays a 14:9 picture in its original size. Side bars are shown to fill the 16:9 screen.

* Parts of the top and bottom of the picture may be cut off. You can adjust the vertical position of the picture. Press / to move the picture up or down.

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