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Adjusting the Image Quality
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Details of each aspect ratio are as follows.
Normal mode
Squeeze mode
Zoom mode
The aspect ratio of the images being input
is maintained, and the images are
projected into a 16:9 screen area.
If projecting images in 4:3 mode such as
normal TV broadcasts and computer
images, black bands will be displayed at
the left and right as shown in the
illustration at left.
4:3 image
If projecting HDTV images,
they will be projected in 16:9
format.
HDTV images
This is used when projecting images that
have been recorded in squeeze mode using
a video camera or DVD recorder.
When viewing images recorded in squeeze
format on a 4:3 TV, the images will
compressed in the horizontal direction and
elongated vertically. If squeeze mode is
selected for the projector, the images can
be projected in their original wide format
(16:9).
When projecting 4:3 TV images
recorded in squeeze mode
Viewed using the projector
4:3 image
When the projector's squeeze
mode is applied
When images output in 4:3 format are
projected using the projector's squeeze
mode, the images will be extended
horizontally and the image will appear
elongated.
Letterbox images Resized to 16:9
Images in letterbox mode from equipment
such as a DVD player will be cut at top
and bottom by a fixed amount and resized
to 16:9 format.
If this causes captions to be truncated from
images that have them, use the "Zoom
Caption" menu command to adjust. (p.33)