Soin choosing between a screen aspect ratio of 1.78 vs. 2.4, you are really deciding how the various film and video formats will appear on your screen. For example, if you select a 16:9 screen, all of your 2.4 format movies will have black bars top and bottom. If you select a 2.4 screen, all of your 16:9 material will be "pillar-boxed" in the Whichaspect ratio to choose is an artistic decision. 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 8:5, 16:9, 2:1 they all have their uses. As others have said, you should usually shoot at your camera's native aspect ratio and make the decision to crop in post-processing. As an example: if you ever shoot in portrait orientation, 16:9 (that is, 9:16) is going to look very InComparison: 14 inch 16x9: 15.6 inch 16x9: Actual Aspect Ratios: 10.26% smaller diagonal 19.46% smaller area: 11.43% larger diagonal 24.16% larger area Tworeasons: 16:9 is a compromise between 4:3 and 2.35:1. Material formatted in either format will occupy roughly the same amount of area on a 16:9 screen. 16:9 is approximately 1.78:1. Most movies produced since the 1950’s, when the movie studios began producing widescreen features to try to compete with television (which was seriously Asa 16:9 Display: 0.43% smaller diagonal 0.87% smaller area: 0.44% larger diagonal 0.87% larger area: As a 2.35:1 Display: 24.14% smaller diagonal 42.45% smaller area: 31.82% larger diagonal 73.77% larger area : Share your Comparison: 32 inch 16x9 display vs 40 inch 21x9 display 9472 inches. 113.66 inches. In Comparison. 100 inch 16x9. 120 inch 16x9. Actual Aspect Ratios. 16.67% smaller diagonal. HC2JB. 4 Here's a comparison: Red is 16:9 like an HD television. Blue is 1.9:1 like IMAX. Green is 2.39:1 which is what it was filmed at and what the Blu-ray DVD is displayed at. So for 1.9:1 you'd have some small black bars. On a 1920 x 1080 television, the black bars would be roughly 35 pixels on the top and bottom. 235 widescreen aspect ratio image common with many movies released on Blu-ray and from streaming services. Notice the extra detail to the left and the right that is Andthen there's movies and shows shot at :1 aspect ratio. 16:9 is 1.78:1 so these will all display on the screen without noticeably thick black bars. So films ranging from The Godfather to Pacific Rim don't have any black bars, and 99% of TV shows made in the last ten years won't either. Asa 2.35:1 Display. 11.11% smaller diagonal. 20.99% smaller area. 12.50% larger diagonal. 26.56% larger area. Share your Comparison. 24 inch 16x9 display vs 27 inch 16x9 display. DivXExpert Member. Oct 2002. It could be that the movie was recorded at 4:3 with the bars. like doing a vcd the bars are there but the aspect ration of the VCD is 4:3 not 16:9. When you watch the movie it looks like 16:9 cause of the black bars, but may very well be recorded at 4:3. Quote. 15th Jan 2003 02:05 #3. 169 movie 2.35 movie: Add to comparison Actual Area Relative Area; Diagonal Ratio Width Height Full 4:3 3:2 16:9 2.35 Full 4:3 3:2 16:9 2.35

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