What is screen aspect ratio?

TV Aspect Ratio lets the customer adjust the output of the product to the screen size of the TV.

16:9 Original : For 16:9 TV screens. The product will display all content in its original aspect ratio. Content formatted in 4:3 will be displayed with black bars on the left and right.
16:9 Full: For 16:9 TV screens. All content will fill the full screen. Content formatted in 4:3 will be stretched.
4:3 Letter Box: For a 4:3 TV screens. The product will display all content in its original aspect ratio. Content formatted in 16:9 will be displayed with black bars on the top and bottom.
4:3 Pan-Scan: For 4:3 TV screens.16:9 content will have the extreme left and right portions cut off.

NOTE1: Depending on the disc type, some aspect ratios may not be available.
NOTE2: If the customer selects an aspect ratio and option which is different than the aspect ratio of the TV screen, then the picture might appear to be distorted.
NOTE3: If the customer selects the 16:9 Original, the TV may display 4:3 Pillarbox (black bars on side of picture).