2006-10-29 19:49:48 · 5 answers · asked by lucyt20 5 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
16:9 is indeed wide-screen, it means the viewing format is 16 wide by nine high, which is used because it roughly represents what we can see through our eyes.
Our vision allows us to see 16 units horizontally for every nine vertically, that is why wide-screen is 'supposed' to be easier on the eye.
2006-10-29 20:03:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
16:9 is the shape of a widescreen TV. If you play the movie on a widescreen TV it will come to the edges. If you play it on a standard TV (4:3) there will be a black stripe top and bottom.
This isn't the same as a widescreen movie which is projected onto a screen that wraps around half of the auditorium. Probably a bit big for your living room.
2006-10-29 20:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
16:9 is the ratio, so you will have 16 pixels across the screen for every 9 pixels up... It will be slightly widescreen but not as widescreen as you can get. 16:9 is generally used on HD TV or on digital screens, but cinematography can use a much wider aspect ratio.
2006-10-29 20:02:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not far off wide-screen. If you are reading this off the back of a DVD it is the ratio of length to width of the picture.
2006-10-29 20:06:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
but one of those formats
2006-10-29 19:52:11 · answer #5 · answered by q6656303 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋