16x9 Mode in CD-i Player Shells

There is an option in some CD-i player to activate a 16x9 aspect video mode. 16x9 describes the horizontal versus vertical ratio of the screen. Standard NTSC televisions are 4x3, which means the picture width is somewhat more than the height. Many Cinema movies are filmed at, and now many PAL televisions support, an extra "wide" viewing mode. The PAL televsion tubes are almost twice as wide as they are high, which permits unaltered viewing of most movies. Unfortuneately, the 16x9 standard is not supported for NTSC systems, and therefore unavailable in North America. The 16x9 mode has the following stipulations:


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