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Screen format/Wide mode

Steps

Press the HOME button, then select [Settings] → [Picture & Display] → [Screen] → [Wide Mode] → the desired option.

Some options may not be available depending on the picture size.

Based on the original signal source, a black frame or black bars may surround the picture.

[Wide Zoom]: Enlarges the picture to fill a 16:9 screen, preserving the original picture as much as possible.
[Normal]: Displays a 4:3 picture in its original size. Side bars are shown to fill the 16:9 screen.
[Full]: Stretches a 4:3 picture horizontally, to fill the 16:9 screen.
[Zoom]: Displays a 16:9 picture that has been converted into 4:3 letter box format, in the correct aspect ratio.
[Captions]: Stretches the picture horizontally to fill a 16:9 screen, while fitting captions in the screen.
[Fine-Normal]: Displays a 4:3 picture in its original size. Side bars are shown to fill the 16:9 screen.
[Fine-Full]: Stretches a 4:3 picture horizontally, to fill the 16:9 screen.
[Portable Game 1]: Stretches a black-framed game picture from PlayStation®Portable.
[Portable Game 2]: Stretches a black-framed picture (e.g. browser) from PlayStation®Portable.

[Wide Zoom]: Enlarges the picture, preserving the original picture as much as possible.
[Normal]: Displays a 4:3 picture that has been horizontally stretched to 16:9, in 4:3 format.
[Full]: Displays a 16:9 picture in its original size.
[Zoom]: Displays a 16:9 picture that has been converted into 4:3 letter box format, in the correct aspect ratio.
[Captions]: Stretches the picture horizontally, while fitting captions in the screen.

[Normal]: Displays a 4K (4096×2160) picture as 16:9 (3840×2160). Bars appear at the top and bottom of the screen.
[Full]: Displays a horizontally compressed picture to fit a 16:9 (3840×2160) screen.
[Zoom]: Displays a 4K (4096×2160) picture in its original size.