Panasonic SC-PM08 Operating Instructions Manual page 42

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 television depends on the software, the kind of television you
have, and the picture mode your television is set to.
³Letterbox refers to pictures where black bands appear at the top and bottom.
³Pan & 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
Wide screen,
non-Pan and Scan
Regular (4:3)
Regular (4:3),
letterbox
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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4:3
full mode
Edges cut off
Full screen
Letterbox
Full screen Screen stretched
horizontally
Letterbox Letterbox with screen
stretched horizontally
16:9 16:9
zoom mode
Top and bottom cut off
Top and bottom cut off
Full screen
16:9
auto mode
Full screen
Full screen with black
bands on the left and right
Letterbox with extremities
of picture stretched