Relationships Broader Term:  format Related Term:  Academy format aspect ratio n. ~ Moving images · An image format with an aspect ratio greater than 1:1.65. Notes:  Widescreen ratios may be as high a [..]

A general term for form of film presentation in which the picture shown has an aspect ratio greater than 1.33:1.

General term for screen displays with a wider aspect ratio than the 4:3 aspect ratio employed by conventional TV broadcast channels. HDTV employs a 16:9 aspect ratio. Most feature films also employ widescreen aspect ratios, some times greater than 16:9.

refers to projection systems in which the aspect ratio is wider than the 1.33:1 ratio that dominated sound film before the 1950s; in the 1950s, many widescreen processes were introduced (to combat the [..]

A general term for film presentation in which a film is shown in an aspect ratio of greater than 1.33 to 1. In today's terms, this now means in an aspect ratio of greater than 1.85 to 1.

A TV, projector or TV signal with a wider aspect ratio than the traditional TV standard ratio of 4:3 (Width to Height). Widescreen TVs have a ratio of 16:9.

A film or television programme whose aspect ratio is wider than that of 4:3, the standard shape for pre-1950s films and non-widescreen television. Although experiments with widescreen formats date bac [..]

Term given to picture displays with a wider aspect ratio than PAL/NTSC 4:3. Digital HDTV is 16:9 widescreen. Most motion pictures have a widescreen aspect ratio, often wider than 16:9.

Any aspect ratio wider than 4:3 or the standard Academy Frame. See Aspect Ratio.

Improved format that allows viewers to watch images on a wide 16/9 screen (16 arbitrary units wide by 9 units high), which is one-third wider than 4/3 screens.

General term for screen displays with a wider aspect ratio than the 4:3 aspect ratio employed by conventional TV broadcast channels. HDTV employs a 16:9 aspect ratio. Most feature films also employ widescreen aspect ratios, some times greater than 16:9.

Common confused with letterbox, this typically indicates a 16:9 or greater aspect ratio in anamorphic format on a DVD or HD DVD media disc. It is also used to describe the 16:9 aspect ratio of most HD [..]

A screen with a wider aspect ratio than the ordinary 35-millimeter frame, making more effective use of the human field of view and producing a more immersive view experience.