Mitsubishi VS-50111, VS-60111, WT-42311, WS-48311, WS-55311, WS-65311, WS-55411, WS-65411, WS-73411 Owner's Manual page 60

4:3 Display Formats (Picture Shape)
VS-50111 & VS-60111 only
Your Mitsubishi narrow screen TV (also known as 4:3 TV) reflects several types of display formats
depending upon the type of input available for HDTV and many DVD images.
By pressing FORMAT on the TV remote control, you may select from four available formats:
Standard – default format fills the screen with the entire picture and squeezes HD (high
1
definition) pictures.
–
Expand
2
correct distorted HDTV images and fill the screen (Only available for 1080i images).
- enlarges the picture, cropping off some of the image at each side. The Zoom
Zoom
3
format is useful when you want to remove or reduce the black top and bottom bars
(only available for 480i / 480p images).
4 Letterbox – (HD 1080i signals only) fills the screen and adds gray bars on top and bottom. The
Letterbox format displays the correct aspect ratio ideal for widescreen viewing, with a vertical
picture area resolution of 810i.
IMPORTANT: You can find aspect ratios on the back of most DVD covers. Also, Anamorphic DVDs
are usually marked "Anamorphic" or "Enhanced for 16:9 TVs."
Ant-A 000
Ant-B 000
DTV 480i/480p
DTV (1080i)
Input-1
Input-2
Input-3
Component-1 (480i/480p)
Component-1 (1080i)
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60
enlarges the picture and crops off some of the image at each side. This is useful to
Format (picture shape) availability based on Input/Signal Source(s):
INPUTS Standard
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Zoom Expand
YES NO
YES NO
YES NO
NO YES
YES NO
YES NO
YES NO
YES NO
NO YES
Letterbox
NO
NO
NO
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES