Re: [android-discuss] Re: Say goodbye to the Menu button?

On 02/02/2012 02:38 AM, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> P.s. I also think 4:3 is better than 16:9 as a square fits a round
> pupil better, if the media fit such as some of the footage in Imax
> Cinemas. I think that's more down to making hollywoods job easier over
> better, same as IBM ;-).

4:3 is a poor canvas for a film maker though.  I prefer 16:9 or even 
better 21:9.  No one is really sure why Edison's engineer chose 4:3 
though they think it had something to do with the sprocket hole 
placement.  The Lumiere Brothers chose the 5:3 aspect ratio perhaps 
because their film was set up for postcard pictures.  And believe the 
actual argument goes our eyes see more like 21:9 than a square canvas 
(unless you're myopic).  There was a good article the other day on why 
4K HDTV for the home didn't make sense though they do for theaters.  We 
get 16:9 displays on devices probably because the LCD market went that 
direction and the desire for users to play videos on them.  16:9 
portrait is better than 4:3 for text (remember the Mac text monitors on 
the 1980s).

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