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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Pan-and-Scan Pan-and-Scan The term 'Pan-and-Scan ' as it applies to the area of digital television can be defined as ' An alternative to letterboxing, the process by which a 16:9 image is converted for display on a 4:3 television by zooming in on the picture and panning to the part of the image that is most interesting. This allows the image to fill the entire screen, but causes some portions of the image not to be displayed'. Previous 5 Terms: palynology palynology pampiniform Pan evaporation Pan Pan Next 5 Terms: panary Pancake Ice panchromatic pandemic panduriform About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.