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aspect ratio You have three choices for the way widescreen movies will be displayed on your
television. e choice should be determined by the capabilities of your television
as well as your personal preference.
• 4:3 — If you have a 4:3 display and prefer to have it fi lled at all times, the
CDP-502 will look for an available 4:3 version of the movie on any disc
you insert, and play that version.
• 16:9 — If you have a modern, widescreen display that support diff erent
aspect ratios (including an anamorphic mode), select the 16:9 option.
Doing so passes the contents of the disc to your television without
addressing the aspect ratio. In eff ect, you are telling the CDP-502 that the
television will be responsible for handling the aspect ratio duties.
• letterbox — If you have a 4:3 display, but prefer to see widescreen movies
in their original form, the CDP-502 can create a “letterbox” version of the
movie for you within the 4:3 frame of your television. is will result in
black bars above and below the picture, but will show you all of the picture
as the director and cinematographer originally framed it.
resolution e CDP-502 has the ability to “upconvert” standard defi nition DVDs to higher
display rates that are more suitable for HDTV displays. Note that this capability
exists only through its component and HDMI outputs.
You can select from among the following video display rates:
• auto selection — If you use the HDMI digital interface between the
CDP-502 and your display, the two components will automatically
negotiate the optimal resolution for your display device. e auto selection
capabilities of the CDP-502 apply only to the HDMI output.
• sdtv 480/576 interlaced — 480i (60 Hz) is the standard in NTSC
countries; 576i (50 Hz) is standard in PAL countries.
• sdtv 480/576 progressive— 480p (60 Hz) is the deinterlaced version of
the standard for NTSC countries; 576p (50 Hz) is the deinterlaced version
of the standard in PAL countries.
• hdtv 720 progressive — at 720 by 1280 pixels, this is the most common
rate for plasma displays and many LCD displays, and the second-most
common HD broadcast standard. It is shown at 50 Hz in PAL countries,
and at 60 Hz in NTSC countries.
• hdtv 1080 interlaced — the 1080i standard is the most commonly-
broadcast HDTV format in use today, at 1080 by 1920 pixels (interlaced).
• hdtv 1080 progressive — available only through the HDMI output,
1080p is the highest-quality HDTV standard. It displays 1080 by 1920
pixels per frame.