Panasonic SC-HT80 - Software Display on Television; Understanding Picture Formats and TV Modes

Initial settings
How different kinds of software appear on your television
DVD software is recorded in a variety of picture formats, and how they appear on your TV depends on the software, the kind of TV you have,
and the picture mode your TV is set to.
• Letterbox refers to pictures where black bands appear at the top and bottom.
• Pan & scan refers to pictures where part of the picture is cut off so it fills the whole screen.
Television and
picture mode
Software format ^
Wide screen,
pan and scan
Edges cut off
16:9
full mode
Full screen
16:9
zoom mode
Top and bottom cut off
16:9
auto mode
Full screen
Regular (4:3) letterbox
Letterbox Letterbox with screen
Full screen
Letterbox with extremities
stretched horizontally
of picture stretched
The names given to the television picture modes depend on the maker of your television. There may also be slight differences in how the
pictures appear on the screen. Refer to your television’s operating instructions for details.
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