Wide Screen
Created on : January 11, 2024 17:48
Denotation
Aspect ratios, or the relationship between an image's width and height, are used to display widescreen pictures on computer, television, and film screens. Any cinema image having a width-to-height aspect ratio larger than 4:3 is considered widescreen. In the case of television, the original aspect ratio was 4:3. Largely during the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, 16:9 widescreen TV screens gained popularity, though at differing rates throughout the world. utilized these days usually in tandem with Ultra high-definition (UHD).
Description
Widescreen images are displayed within a set of aspect ratios (relationship of image width to height) 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 4:3 (12:9). Widescreen monitors typically have an aspect ratio of 16:9, compared to the traditional 4:3 aspect ratio of most standard motion pictures. This wider aspect ratio provides more horizontal space and allows users to view more content on-screen at one time.
Widescreen was first used in documentary film The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight 1897. This is not only the longest film released in 100 minutes to date but also the first widescreen film to be taken with a 63mm Eastman film with five perforations per frame. Then it was first widely used in some short films and news and feature films in the late 1920s.
On August 21, 1930, RKO broadcasting films released Danger Lights with Jean Arthur, Louis Waldheim and Robert Armstrong. The film pioneer George K. Spoor invented a 65mm widescreen process called natural vision. In 1930, after trying the fathom screen system called The Trail of 98, mgm launched a system called realife.
Why is the windscreen format better? If the two monitors are the same height, a wider screen offers more viewable space. This space is useful for productivity in that it offers users the ability to view multiple programs at once.