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Originally Posted by Ricky
What I've never understood about widescreen is that people want more width because it fits more into the screen but they don't want more height as well? Why not just make both the hight and width bigger and then you can fit even more into the screen without losing the full screen shape? Widescreen just makes everything look stretched out which is stupid.
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Most films are made using a lens that is wider than it is higher, like 2.35:1 or some such. If you don't keep that ratio you lose the detail at the side of the frame without gaining anything at the top and bottom, because the picture just stretches to fill the screen instead of adding any detail.
's my understanding of it anyway
