Cinema proportion TV
martyn.whittaker
June 11, 2009
Advertising, Technical, Video
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Tags: 1.66, 1.85, 16:9, 2.35, 21:9, Ambilight, Cinemascope, Flat screen TV, LCD, Panavision, Philips, Plasma, widescreen
I often wondered why all the new flat screen LCD and plasma screens were 16:9 ratio. This is a nice ratio but only the equivalent of cinema widescreen (1.85 to 1 in the USA and 1.66 to 1 in Europe).
I love the Panavision or Cinemascope ratio (2.35 to 1) because this is how we see (i.e. your peripheral vision goes to the right and the left NOT up and down, or at least mine doesn’t!) Many multiplex theaters are designed with widescreen as their optimum presentation format, rather than scope. The reason for this has got to be that it … Continue Reading
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