Bang & Olufsen BeoVision Avant CTV (1995-2005) - User Guide - Manual (Page 38)

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BeoVision Avant and picture formats…
BeoVision Avant always ensures you
the best possible picture. It auto-
matically adapts the picture so that it
fills out as much of the television
screen as possible.
If a TV programme or film is broadcast
or recorded with specific information
concerning the picture format,
BeoVision Avant will then auto-
matically choose this format.
However, you can choose a specific
picture format for a channel via the
tuning menu, see page 10-11 for infor-
mation on tuning and picture formats.
On BeoVision Avant, picture formats
are divided into three groups. Each
group relates to specific types of
pictures:
FORMAT 1… for standard TV pictures. Three
‘standard’ picture formats are available, with
black bars surrounding the picture. Each varies
in size: 15:9 gives you the largest picture, 14:9
is slightly smaller and 4:3 is the picture size for
”ordinary” picture tubes.
FORMAT 2… for letter-box pictures. You can
adapt the picture to fill out the screen
completely. If information at the top or bottom
such as subtitles are not displayed, you can
move the picture up or down.
FORMAT 3… for 16:9 wide-screen pictures.
Format 3 will usually be selected
automatically. If this is not the case, you can
select it yourself.
Standard TV picture
BeoVision Avant adapts normal TV transmissions
to fill out as much of the picture screen as
possible. This illustration shows a 15:9 picture.
Letter-box picture
On BeoVision Avant wide-screen TV programmes
or films may appear in the letter-box format, a
lon, narrow picture surrounded by black bars,
however, you can adjust this picture…
The picture can be adapted to fill out the screen,
in a few instances, you may have to move the
picture up or down to see vital information, for
example the subtitles.
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