Welcome to widescreen.org, your source for easy-to-understand information about aspect ratios, widescreen, the dreaded "black bars" on the top and bottom of your screen, pan-and-scan, and so much more! For more than fifteen years, visitors from all over the world have come here to educate themselves about aspect ratios and the widescreen process. Thank you for your visit and for continuing to use widescreen.org as your widescreen resource!
Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film.
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