I don't know shit about aspect ratios, but is 21:9 taking over or something? I fucking hate it, it makes it look like everything has the tops and bottoms chopped off. My friend bought a new giant TV but it doesn't matter because most of what he watches has 80% of the screen just be black bars. Was wide screen not wide enough?
I don't know shit about aspect ratios, but is 21:9 taking over or something? I fucking hate it...
Jonathan Jenkins
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Nathan Bennett
21:9 is the classic widescreen kino aspect ratio.
Gavin Ramirez
>not going even wider
Anyone I ever meet who complains about black bars on their television is getting sucker punched in the back of the head.
Sebastian Bennett
21:9 is designed for chinese audiences, aspect ratio designers don't care about the western market anymore.
Jaxson Lopez
This I enjoy when the only thing I see is a very fine horizontal strip video (: so superior
Adrian Williams
In my opinion (correct), 2:1 is the most kino aspect ratio
David Price
The widescreen 2.39:1 film aspect ratio was already set in 1960s, way before 16:9 screens were even a thing.
So now you had 4:3 aspect ratio films and 2.39:1 aspect ratio films, and the only inbetween aspect ratio to play both is 16:9 so TVs are made that way so you can play both of them at home.
16:9 is just intended as a compromise between film and traditional (4:3) aspect ratios. It's not intended to be the One True Ratio, but rather a halfway-between on which both TV and film media can be seen effectively.
In short, watch films in theaters, flicks/TV shows at home. Or get a screen and a projector. Or wait for MicroLED and arrange your TV however you want.
Josiah Rivera
Once 16:9 became the norm for television, more and more movies started opting for 2.35/2.39:1 because apparently viewers are stupid and think if a project uses the regular 1.85:1 then it must be some cheap TV movie or something
even prestige TV shows are using 2:1 Univisium more and more over regular HD widescreen because they're trying to seem more cinematic, which is fucking stupid honestly
Kevin Barnes
>1980s
>home video becomes a thing
>"Baawwww I want all of muh tee-vee to show pickshure."
>pan and scan developed, minimum wage amerifats get to literally re-direct all films on home video
>2000s
>high definition television becomes a thing
>"Baawwww I want all of muh tee-vee to show pickshure."
>16:9 becomes arbitrary broadcast standard, all televisions engineered this way, mexican wagey gets to go on cropping kino picture for dvd and bluray, native-format media becoming effectively lost
I want you to develop malignant cancers in every part of your body.
Isaiah Nelson
To be honest, when I worked as a projectionist I always saw 1.85 flat films as cheaper and less popular films compared to 2.39 scope films. Lot of animates films use 1.85, too
Mason Brown
>not being 21:9 master race
>current year
Cooper Butler
>ET, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, The Godfather were all shot 1.85 flat
>cheaper and less popular
kill yourself
Benjamin Brown
I wasn't a projectionist when those came out
Kevin Turner
Just tell me, if I go and buy a 21:9 tv, will I be good then, or are they just going to come out with a fucking 40:9 tv or some shit?
Brandon Ortiz
I have a 21:9 display (LG 29UM68) and it's pretty good for movies and vidya (if you're into that).
Sebastian Rodriguez
The 'problem' with 21:9 is you'll have black bars at the side when watching 99% of TV shows. That goes double for 4:3. I got used to it pretty quickly and desu senpai I watch more films than TV
Aiden Baker
Not all films have the same aspect ratio my dude. Some are in 4:3, some are in full IMAX, some are 21:9.
A 16:9 is the best current compromise to watch all of those aspect ratios on the same TV until MicroLED becomes a thing, but that's not coming a standard so soon.
Michael Robinson
>will I be good then
no. TV tech advances so fast that you're never good even if you buy the current year's absolute best. fuck TVs
Leo Russell
kek, my monitor is still VGA, i have to use an adaptor to display my 1070
Ayden White
i remember when everyone was bitching about 'widescreen players' having an unfair advantage in vidya over all 4:3 screen players
Isaiah Gutierrez
Wouldn't playing a game on 21:9 just be stretching out the screen?
Landon Foster
you can see more stuff, actually, since most video games nowadays offer support for wider resolutions. I haven't seen anyone make a big deal about this advantage though
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