Mitsubishi Electronics 838 SERIES ユーザーズマニュアル

Image information may be stated on the DVD 
case.  Some DVDs support both formats 
described below.

Anamorphic (or Enhanced for WideScreen TV)
Indicates DVDs recorded to show widescreen 
images properly on 16:9 TV sets using the TV’s 
Standard format mode (recommended).

Non-Anamorphic (or 4:3, 1.33:1, Letter Box, or 
Full Screen)
Indicates DVDs recorded for viewing on squar-
ish TV screens.  They may be full screen (4:3 or 
1.33:1) which crops movies to fit the narrow TV, or 
letter box, which adds black top and bottom bars.

Note: See 

FORMAT key to apply 

the formats described here.

Standard:  The full-screen format used by HDTV 
signals.  Use this format to display anamorphic DVDs 
with a 1.78:1 or 1.85:1 aspect ratio.  Anamorphic DVDs 
with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio are displayed correctly but 
with top and bottom black bars.  Squarish (4:3) images 
are stretched evenly from side to side.  Available for all 
signals.

Expand:  Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by 
cropping the top and bottom; useful for reducing the 
letter box top and bottom bars of non-anamorphic DVD 
images.

Zoom:  Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by crop-
ping the sides, top, and bottom to eliminate black bars.
•

480i/480p and SD 4:3 signals:  Eliminates top and 
bottom bars on anamorphic DVDs with a 2.35:1 
aspect ratio.

•

720p, 1080i, SD 16:9, and HD signals:  Eliminates 
bars added to squarish 4:3 images.

Stretch:  Stretches a squarish 4:3 image across the 
screen to display the entire image with less distortion 
than the Standard format.

Stretch Plus:  Similar to Stretch, but minimizes distor-
tion on the sides by expanding the picture to crop off 
portions of the top and bottom.  Use     to adjust the 
vertical position of the picture.

Narrow:  Displays narrow 4:3 images in their origi-
nal shape.  Adds black side bars to fill the screen.

Wide Expand:  Enlarges the picture, cropping the 
image on both sides.  Removes or reduces black 
side bars added to narrow images converted to 
16:9 signals for digital broadcast.
Note:  All high-definition channels send wide-
screen (16:9) signals, but not all programming was 
created for the widescreen format.  The broad-
caster may stretch the image or add side bars to 
fill the widescreen area.

Distorted;  Not 
recommended.

Recommended

Recommended 
for letterbox.  See 
Note 1.

Distorted; not recom-
mended.  See Note 1.

Distorted;  Not 
recommended.  
See Note 1.

Recommended for 
anamorphic 2.35:1 
images.  See Note 1.

Recommended 
for standard 
broadcasts.  See 
Note 1.

Distorted; not recom-
mended.  See Note 1.

Recommended 
for standard 
broadcasts.  See 
Note 1.

Distorted; not recom-
mended.  See Note 1.

See Note 1

Distorted; not recom-
mended.  See Note 1.

Note 1:  Available for 480i, 480p, and digital SD 4:3 signals only.

Recommended to re-
move side bars.

Zoom Recommended to re-

move bars from the top, 
bottom, and sides.

TV Display Formats.  Press the FORMAT key repeatedly to see 
different displays for the current program.  Press the 

INFO key to