![]() A ratio of 1.5:1 (said “one point five to one”) would be one-and-one-half times as wide as it is tall, and a ratio of 2:1 would be exactly twice as wide as tall. The means a quick lesson in math, video technology and artistic intent.įirst, aspect ratios are expressed in a ratio of width to height. ![]() ![]() So, what if there was a way to actually come to terms with the hateful rectangle? To embrace it as the way to view films in all their sadistic rectangular glory? To tame the rectangle, to own it and make it the preferred way to watch movies at home? What if… Understanding the Rectangleįirst, we need to understand why a rectangle is and is not always the same. For movies, black bars are a – wait for it – good thing! And black bars actually mean that you are watching more of the movie – all of the movie – not less of it. It’s at this point that I’m undoubtedly going to blow a few minds…the rectangle is actually the right way. And nothing sets a TV watcher’s blood a-boilin’ like seeing a bastard, red-headed stepchild of a rectangle being placed onto a perfectly sensible square and filling it with God-awful, lifeless pixel black bars. 1.78:1, 2.20:1, 2.35:1, 2.39:1, 2.66:1, 2.93: 1… How dare they?! Rectangles exist outside the boundaries of any civilized society, with no respect to a video watcher’s moral high-ground and common decency. Why ‘Mosaic Mode’ on YouTube TV would make senseīut a rectangle…? Ah, those things are right bastards, coming in all manner of sizes and proportions. The best TV brands of 2023: from LG to TCL, which should you buy?īest 70-inch TV Black Friday Deals: Sales you can shop today
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