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2. Widescreen - Wikipedia

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   In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than 4:3 (1.33:1). For TV, the original screen ratio for broadcasts was in 4:3 (1.33:1). Largely between the 1990s and early 2000s, at varying paces in different countries, 16:9 (e.g. 1920×1080p 60p) widescreen displays came into increasingly common use by ...

3. List of common display resolutions - Wikipedia

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   The difference is that whilst D1 has a 4:3 aspect ratio 960H has a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. The extra pixels are used to form the increased area to the sides of the D1 image. The pixel density of 960H is identical to standard D1 resolution so it does not give any improvement in image quality, merely a wider aspect ratio.

4. Fullscreen (aspect ratio) - Wikipedia

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   Fullscreen (aspect ratio) The aspect ratio of 4:3. Fullscreen (or full screen) refers to the 4:3 (1. 3:1) aspect ratio of early standard television screens and computer monitors. [1] Widescreen ratios started to become more popular in the 1990s and 2000s. Film originally created in the 4:3 aspect ratio does not need to be altered for full ...

5. List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer home video releases

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   While the first three seasons were shot exclusively in 4:3, beginning with the fourth season the series was shot with a 16:9 safe area, though according to Joss Whedon the series was intended to be shown in a 4:3 ratio, stating "Adding space to the sides simply for the sake of trying to look more cinematic would betray the very exact mise-en ...

6. Aspect ratio (image) - Wikipedia

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   4:3 (1.33:1) (generally read as Four-Three, Four-by-Three, or Four-to-Three) for standard television for fullscreen aspect ratio 1.33:1 has been in use since the invention of moving picture cameras, and many computer monitors used to employ the same aspect ratio. 4:3 was the aspect ratio used for 35 mm films in the silent era.

7. 480p - Wikipedia

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   480p is the shorthand name for a family of video display resolutions.The p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced.The 480 denotes a vertical resolution of 480 pixels, usually with a horizontal resolution of 640 pixels and 4:3 aspect ratio (480 × 4 ⁄ 3 = 640) or a horizontal resolution of 854 (848 should be used for mod16 compatibility) [1] pixels for an approximate 16:9 aspect ...

8. High-definition television - Wikipedia

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   All of these systems used interlacing and a 4:3 aspect ratio except the 240-line system which was progressive (actually described at the time by the technically correct term sequential) and the 405-line system which started as 5:4 and later changed to 4:3. The 405-line system adopted the (at that time) revolutionary idea of interlaced scanning ...

9. Panavision - Wikipedia

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   [4] The Panavision logo, designed by optical engineer Takuo Miyagishima, incorporates three aspect ratios into its design—4:3 (TV, standard "Academy" ratio) on the inside, 1.85:1 (standard U.S. widescreen) in the middle, and 2.40:1 (modern 35mm anamorphic) on the outside. In the mid-1960s, Gottschalk altered Panavision's business model.