Sony KE-42TS2U Operating Instructions - Page 29

Using the Wide Screen Mode Changing the Wide Screen Mode automatically The Auto Wide Mode lets you watch 4:3 normal broadcasts or other sizes of the picture such as movies in several Wide Screen Modes (16:9 aspect ratio). The following example shows the default settings. (The "Auto Wide" screen mode is set to "Mode2," and "4:3 Default" is set to "Widezoom." Widezoom Original Picture Auto Wide Full Original Picture Watching the TV Auto Wide • 4:3 squeezed video camera or DVD picture • DTV 16:9 aspect ratio picture "Full" stretches the 4:3 picture horizontally only, to fill the 16:9 screen. Subtitle Original Picture Auto Wide • Normal 4:3 aspect ratio picture • DTV 4:3 aspect ratio picture "Widezoom" enlarges the 4:3 picture to fill the 16:9 screen, keeping the original image as much as Zoom Original Picture Auto Wide • Letter box movies with subtitles outside the picture (2.35:1 aspect ratio) "Subtitle" enlarges the picture horizontally and vertically to an equal aspect ratio that fills the screen, while the subtitle area is compressed to fit Normal Original Picture Auto Wide • Letterbox movie of a video tape or a DVD disc "Zoom" enlarges the 4:3 picture horizontally and vertically to an equal aspect ratio that fills the 16:9 screen. Useful for watching Letterbox • Normal 4:3 aspect ratio picture • DTV 4:3 aspect ratio picture "Normal" returns the 4:3 picture to its original size. US (Continued) (US) 29