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Question posted by katbowe3 on June 2nd, 2011

Why When I Put My Tv On Panoramic Do The Arms And Bodies Of People Look Distored

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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on June 2nd, 2011 10:26 AM
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My Visio does the same thing.  Panoramic mode stretches the images edges to simulate a wide screen display from a standard aspect display.  I personally don't like the way it looks so I don't use it.

Here's a quote I found:  "There are three major display modes that can make content full screen: "Wide," "Zoom," and "Panoramic." Wide mode is optimal for wide-screen movies or television programs and will proportionately display the content as full screen. Zoom mode is also optimal for wide-screen movies or television programs. Zoom, however, simply cuts off the top and bottom black bars on a wide-screen program. Panoramic mode is good for standard TV broadcasts that display black bars on the right and left side of the screen. This mode stretches the left and right side of the image to fill the screen, while leaving the middle of the image intact."


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