Talk:Widescreen

message: Quote:By 2010 many manufacturers had practically abandoned the older 4:3 format[citation needed], instead opting to manufacture 16:10 models, and lately, even shorter 16:9 displays.
This depends heavily on where you live. Here, 3:4 are almost nowhere to be found. The stores only carry a few for the odd custumer who can't afford the new format. Even then, the widescreens have dropped sufficiently in price that most are more then willing to pay a tiny premium for the difference.
Widescreen formats are much rarer in less industrialised parts of the world. Recently, I was watching a television documentairy which spoke of how our old electronics are making their way into the south Affrican countries.
What it boils down to is that the above statement is not precise enough.
Enalung (talk) 00:15, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Widescreen computer displays 

message: This Widescreen article, while certainly helpful, is running in parallel with 8 other key articles:
* Aspect ratio (image)
* Computer display standard
* Display resolution 
* List of common resolutions
* High-definition display resolutions
* Template:Widescreen monitor resolutions
* Template:Monitor resolutions
* Template:HD resolutions
Also look at these:
* Computer monitor
* Aspect ratio
It's one of those cases where authors should be looking beyond the page they've landed on or maintained, and come together in a way that will strengthen everybody's work and deepen everyone's insights.  I don't know how the merger process is authorized, but this is a plea to get this thematic mess organized.  
Please see the talk pages on each of those pages for ALL comments related to this issue.
Thanks for your attention.  A.k.a. (talk) 17:54, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger plea for 9 overlapping articles 

message: This article is on widescreen; an introductory paragraph that does not even mention a single widescreen aspect ratio, but rather focuses on the origins of the 4:3 standard seems inappropriate. Background information on the 4:3 standard might be better left for the History section. I think it would be better (and more to the point) if the intro paragraph simply gave a definition for "widescreen" and listed the common widescreen aspect ratios like 16:9.--71.108.162.148 (talk) 02:33, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Off-topic intro paragraph

message: This article switches from referring to widescreen as a function of the film stock to that of the projected image (in the Methodologies section).  These are two quite different ways of talking about widescreen and the distinction should be made clear.  My suggestion would be to stick with widescreen as it is projected throughout the article.  --Jeremy Butler 11:51, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  35mm film stock vs. Projected widescreen

message: I did my best to clean up this article, but there are still problems with it.  I think the "Comparison of Flat, Anamorphic, Super 35, and Six-perf. 35 systems" section is way too technical (without explaining a lot of its terms) and should be eliminated entirely. --Jeremy Butler 13:13, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Clean-Up 

message: Please keep in mind that this article must maintain a neutral point of view.  That is, arguments for or against widescreen should not be made here. --Jeremy Butler 13:06, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: NPOV means that pros and cons are both objectively presented.--Patrick 18:52, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Right.  And some folks editing this article have not objectively presented pros/cons.  Rather, they've argued persuasively for or against widescreen. --Jeremy Butler 19:02, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

text: I agree with Juha and I've reworded the criticism section to better reflect a NPOV.  I also reinstated a diagram that shows why widescreen is wider. I hope Juha or someone else will feel free to further edit the criticism section to add some aesthetic perspective on the issue of screen real estate. --Jeremy Butler 13:33, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutral point of view 

message: This article needs material on the chronology of widescreen in the cinema (Abel Gance, The Robe, etc.) with dates and stuff. I don't have the info to hand myself but maybe someone else does? The Singing Badger 19:49, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: History of widescreen film

message: The link to the Pub Widescreen Campaign seems to be constantly removed by a certain individual without explanation. The campaign page appears to be full of information, and seems no different to the Widescreen Advocacy page in terms of (N)POV. The question ought to be asked now: Why?
:External links should be kept to a minimum, and should add something to the subject which other links haven't already. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, and a widescreen article does not automatically give license to link to a page written for pub owners, even if it is complaining about their poor widescreen skills. Girolamo Savonarola 11:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: I noticed the new nintendo wii console does not support hd input or dolby support sound. I was also shocked to see that 16:9 support is added for american and european markets. Surely in japan, the home of technology they would have lots of widescreen tvs? Does japan prefer 4:3 over 16:9 or is something else going on?
:This might be a better question for the Nintendo Wii talk page. Girolamo Savonarola 12:01, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: no widescreen in japan, of all places?

message: Nowadays, when I look at the websites of computer companies, the only models they sell are all widescreen! What's up with that? Why must they assume every laptop user has to use the laptop to watch films?
My cousin bought the Dell XPS 1710, and it has a 17.4 inch screen, but guess what? The screen height is the same as that of my 15 inch laptop! What is there to gain?--Kylohk 13:42, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's up with the laptops these days? 

message: I have noticed that when people talk about widescreen monitors, they always talk about how it have extra screen space at the sides. They never say it has less screen space at the top and bottom. Which monitor sounds best - the one with more space at the sides, or the one with less space at the top and bottom? :-)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kasper Hviid (talk • contribs) 13:08, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Widescreen monitor displays have nothing to do with resolution space, which is determined by the graphics card capabilities. Girolamo Savonarola 20:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Less or more? 

message: Aside from expanding, I've made several changes out of clarification's sake, including:
*Reconstruction of the format list and adding further info.  Numbers are unclear and don't allow for multiple paragraphs, which the list needs.  Bold/Italic works best, in my opinion.
*Cut out the line about "Full aperture can make dailies difficult to properly project."  Any professional who is projecting dailies knows what they're doing and will have no trouble switching lenses and apertures to the director of photography's specifications.
*I've edited the "criticism" paragraphs far more carefully, expressing the rhyme and reason for each argument.  Clearly, the paragraph was written by someone with less technical know-how and more of a vendetta against widescreen, which is pretty foolish.
I hope these changes you will find satisfactory.
-The Photoplayer 05:05, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes... 

message: I have deleted the section
" Comparison to human vision "
The section contained the text
"The normal limits of human vision are not rectangular, yet the Naked eye field of view estimates simultaneous visual perception in an area of about 130° × 160° -- the aspect ratio closer to classic 4:3."
First, the sentence "the aspect ration closer to classic 4:3" is wrong. The aspect ration closer to 4:3 is 4:3. Among the aspect rations listed in the section "Previous and presently used aspect ratios", the one closer to 4:3 after 4:3 itself is 1.37:1. 
Then, how in the Earth can 160 x 130 be close to 4:3? Can someone explain it to me?
If a TV screen occupied 160 degrees of your vision horizontally and 130 vertically, the aspect ratio would be tan(160/2)/tan(130/2)=2.6:1, which is far from 4:3. Jorge Peixoto 21:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  human vision 

message: Edited the comparison footnote to reflect the advantage for widescreen users in the screenshots was due to software settings and not the aspect ratio.
Pleasetry 02:24, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Computer game comparison pictures. 

message: Xp handles a game setup quite easily on an HD/component pc.  If you have an extra gaming pc thats not too powerful@800x600 or 720p you can set one up easily.  Just install 2 o/s, i have mine as followed, one for work one for gaming.  Both on xp 64bit. Google Chrome or Firefox?  Google chrome works great with surfing the net on large screens. The work is standard olive green transparent mouse cursor 1080p, the gaming o/s is wingames with silver template, arial font, large mouse cursor and low res for redability.  As follows.  Im one of those hardcore oldschool gamers who cant afford alot, my rig is 2.0 onboard atiamd 3000 64bit.  The games are 2002-03 games, nothing special.  Mugen, cssource, zerohour etc. Standard Xbox usb controller.
+connect using games, turn your pc into an console machine.  Use programs like gamebooster for quick easy setups.  Its that easy.  Just install multiple o/s.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.42.105 (talk) 13:18, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  PC gaming on HD widescreen 

message: Some widescreen resolutions appear to be as follows:
*1366x768 (e.g. LG L2300C 23")
*1400x900 (e.g. Hanns·G HG-192DJB 19")
*1440x900 (e.g. Samsung 941BW 19")
*1680x1050 (e.g. Samsung SyncMaster 225BW 22")
*1920x1200 (e.g. ViewSonic VX2435wm 24")
*2560x1600 (e.g. HP LP3065 30")
Please update the list as appropriate; we should list all the common resolutions and possibly some not-so-common ones. Of course, in the main article I'm sure we will not list the brands and models; those are just for reference here. Captain Zyrain 14:31, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's probably more germane to display resolution and list of common resolutions than here. Girolamo Savonarola 18:21, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Common resolutions

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message: "For word processing and office type applications, vertical measurement can be more important than diagonal measurement when determining size requirements."
This brings up a great point...many times I have used my widescreen laptop for word processing and found myself annoyed at all the scrolling (or zooming out) I have to do.
However, I have seen desktop computers with flat-panel widescreen displays rotated 90 degrees so as to display more vertical resolution than horizontal...in this position, a widescreen monitor would in fact fit most page formats better than 4:3 (or in this use, 3:4).  Should there be some mention of this use for widescreen monitors? JDS2005 (talk) 05:44, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conversion 

message: I'm removing the misinformation about Walt Disney and CinemaScope.  The company was one of the first to option the proprietary rights to the process, and interviews with Disney in trade magazines from 1953-1955 have him speaking very highly of the process.  That's hardly what I would call someone who was "not fond" of the process.  In 1953 alone, two features and a number of shorts in CinemaScope were the first things up on his boards within weeks of the premiere of THE ROBE.  The Photoplayer 10:03, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disney/widescreen 

message: This paragraph sits rather strangely at the end of the Widescreen TV section.
"HD DVD and Blu-ray disc players entered the U.S. market in 2006. Toshiba ceased production of HD DVD players in early 2008 after key defections from the HD DVD camp damaged the viability of the format. It still remains to be seen whether Blu-ray will stimulate the sales of HD pre-recorded films on disc, and more HD monitors and tuners. Consumer camcorders are also available on HD-video format at fairly low prices. These developments will result in more options for viewing widescreen images on television monitors."
Aside from the last sentence there is nothing in it to do with widescreen, and appears to be a flimsy point to end the section on.
Conorflan (talk) 18:03, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Point of HD DVD and BD paragraph 

message: i came here to learn about the reasons for everything moving to widescreen. i wanted to know why widescreen is better or at least what its advantages were. unfortunately there is nothing here. :-( -- ExpImptalkcon 01:44, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  advantages / disadvantages 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Higher wided screen.  
Wild.. however.. simply ! 
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thread_title:  Australopitecs screen .. )