Sony KZ-42TS1/US Operating Instructions primary manual - Page 26

Watching the TV 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 Auto Wide • 4:3 squeezed video camera or "Full" stretches the 4:3 DVD picture picture horizontally only, to • DTV 16:9 aspect ratio picture 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 possible. 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 the screen. 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 movies. • Normal 4:3 aspect ratio picture • DTV 4:3 aspect ratio picture "Normal" returns the 4:3 picture to its original size. 26 (US)