Aspect ratio measures the relationship between the width and height of a display, sensor, or image. A common aspect ratio is 16:9, which means it's 16 units wide and 9 units high. There are many ...

You might not spend much time thinking about the shape of the movies you watch, but everyone from filmmakers to streaming services are paying more attention than ever. Will the next movie you watch ...

Another chance to read Serge Golikov's excellent article on the the often-confusing matter of aspect ratios, letterboxing, and pillarboxing, giving RedShark readers a lesson of cinematic rectangles ...

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Here is a full guide on how to change the video aspect ratio on Windows 11/10 PC. The video aspect ratio is basically the proportion of width to height of a video. It determines the width of your ...

Ever watch a movie, and get distracted by the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen? Ever wonder what they are, and why they're different sizes? Wasn't the switch to "widescreen" TVs supposed ...

Back in the day (until around 2003), every PC display was produced in the almost-square 4:3 aspect ratio. Not coincidentally, that’s the same aspect ratio of old-school TVs. At the time, when ...