widescreen

Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35 mm film.
For television, the original screen ratio for broadcasts was 4:3 (1.33:1). Late in the first decade of the 2000s, 16:9 (1.78:1) TV displays came into wide use. They are typically used in conjunction with high-definition television (HDTV) receivers, or Standard-Definition (SD) DVD players and other digital television sources.
With computer displays, aspect ratios wider than 4:3 are also called widescreen. Widescreen computer displays were previously of 16:10 aspect ratio, now usually 16:9.
Ultra Wide is 21:9 and for in computer monitors. This is 2560 x 1080.

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    Question Will they ever get rid of the black bars?

    With streaming being in every home now and the cinema numbers dwindling will directors ever bin off the black bars and film in fulscreen for TV?
  2. kingolympics

    Question Widescreen monitors for WFH

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  4. pantages

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  6. trevdigital

    GE Widescreen 1000 and VCR

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  7. anchorless

    Question OLEDs and widescreen movies with black bars

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    Triple Feature: Heathers / The Boys Next Door / Tuff Turf , all Widescreen ?

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  10. Paul Iddon

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  11. Westgate

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  12. Westgate

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    1.85 films shot in 4:3 & released in 16:9 on blu-ray

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