Ron Newman ([personal profile] ron_newman) wrote in [community profile] davis_square 2008-12-16 04:06 am (UTC)

I think 16:9 was chosen because it approximately matches the most common current movie format. (And 4:3 was chosen back in the 1940s because it matched the movie aspect ratio of that time.)
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