Aspect Ratio

- When you pan and scan the picture of the film blurs and you lose the full affect of the film and picture.
- The ratio for wide screen is 16:9
- The ratio for full screen is 4:3
- For the past 50 years most films have been filmed in wide screen

This is a 16:9 TV – This gives the viewer a more panoramic experience.




This is a 4:3 TV

There are many ways of converting widescreen onto a 4:3 TV and full screen onto a 16:9 TV. For example for widescreen on a 4:3 TV you could letter box the image and for 4:3 image on a 16:9 TV you could pillar box the image.