There’s no doubt that widescreen has become the preferred aspect ratio for TVs, driven primarily by the introduction of anamorphic DVD movies a few years back. With the subsequent introduction of widescreen TV broadcasts, it’s unlikely that anyone will be buying a 4:3 TV set again. However, the move to widescreen on the desktop is still lagging behind somewhat. That’s not to say that a widescreen aspect ratio is unusual in a computer environment – after all, I’m seeing more notebooks with widescreen displays than not these days. But the transition from standard 4:3 aspect ratio (yes I know that 1,280 x 1,024 isn’t actually 4:3) on desktop monitors has been a slow process.



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