MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC UNISEN LT-46153 - Manual (Page 27)

3. Using TV Features 27
TV Signals and Display Formats
Signal Definitions
480i: Older type of interlaced signals from the ANT input,
composite VIDEO, component Y Pb Pr, or HDMI jacks.
480p: Progressive-scan DVD signals on component Y Pb
Pr or HDMI jacks.
720p and 1080i: High-definition signals received through
component Y Pb Pr or HDMI jacks. These signals are
always 16:9 (widescreen).
1080p: High-definition signals from a PC or Blu-ray
player, HDMI inputs only.
SD 4:3: Standard-definition squarish-screen-format
signals from digital channels on the
ANT input.
SD 16:9: Standard-definition widescreen-format signals
from digital channels on the
ANT input.
HD 16:9: High-definition 16:9 widescreen signals from
digital channels on the
ANT input.
This is a 16:9 widescreen TV suitable for images available
from HDTV and many DVDs. You can view older-style, squar-
ish images (4:3 aspect ratio) using one of the display formats
described on this page. Press the
MORE key and then the
0 key (FORMAT) to cycle through available display formats.
The TV remembers the format you last used for each input.
DVD Image Definitions
Image information may be stated on the DVD case. Some
DVDs support both formats described below.
Anamorphic (or Enhanced for WideScreen TV). Indicates
DVDs recorded to show widescreen images properly on 16:9
TV sets using the TV’s Standard format mode (recommended).
Non-Anamorphic (or 4:3, 1.33:1, Letter Box, or
Full Screen). Indicates DVDs recorded for viewing on
squarish TV screens. They may be full screen (4:3 or
1.33:1) which crops movies to fit the narrow TV, or letter
box, which adds black top and bottom bars.
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 cropping 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 squarish 4:3 images across the screen
to display the entire image with less distortion than Stan-
dard.
Stretch Plus: Similar to Stretch, but minimizes distor-
tion on the sides by expanding the picture to crop off
portions of the top and bottom. Use to adjust the
vertical position of the picture.
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.
Note: 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.
Full Native: Displays all pixels in the original image
Non-anamorphic or SD 4:3 Anamorphic DVD
Standard Distorted.
Not recom-
mended. Recommended
Expand Recom-
mended for
letterbox. See
Note 1. Distorted; not
recommended.
See Note 1.
Zoom Distorted.
Not recom-
mended. See
Note 1. Recommended
for anamorphic
2.35:1 images.
See Note 1.
Stretch Recom-
mended for
standard
broadcasts.
See Note 1. Distorted; not
recommended.
See Note 1.
Stretch
Plus Recom-
mended for
standard
broadcasts.
See Note 1. Distorted; not
recommended.
See Note 1.
Narrow See Note 1 Distorted; not
recommended.
See Note 1.
Note 1: Available for 480i, 480p, and digital SD 4:3 signals only.
Original Signal Display Formats
SD 16:9 or
HD Digital
720p, 1080i,
1080p Signal Wide
Expand Recommended to re-
move side bars.
Zoom Recommended to re-
move bars from the top,
bottom, and sides.
(except 720p
)
Full
Native Best for computer or
game images (compo-
nent and HDMI only)
TV Display Formats. Press MORE and then 0 (FORMAT)
to see the displays available for the current program.
Press
INFO to see the name of the display format in use.
Original
Signal
TV
Display