thejediknighthusezni said:

     Thanks, that was interesting.

     It sounds like the typical Engineer's approach to things: "Let's determine the centerpoint of all common aspect ratios and then divide by the mean area of the...." ;)

     Silly me, I'd just ask "Now what would most people want in wide aspect HD?"

     IMHO, nearly all theatrical releases people want these days come from the anamorphic era, nearly all major sports events are best viewed in the widest aspects, and nearly all made-for-TV content doesn't really rate small-screen VHS-def 4:3 presentation.

while widescreen is great for movies, sports,etc.

how much is out there? and how much do people watch lately?

the vast majority of tv material is 4:3 , and stretching and

cropping it isn't worth it. so we'll be stuck with these ratios

for quite some time.

only people that watch a lot of movies, or hd material care

about true widescreen.

later

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