From: "Niels Petersen" 
Reply-To: NielsP{at}bigfoot.com, Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Sun 2004-05-02 09:53, Bob Lawrence (3:712/610.12) wrote to All:

 BL>  Widescreen is a total wank. Am I the last one on the planet who
 BL> knows why the 4:3 format is used?

4:3 aspect ratio was chosen for televisions because it was standard for
movies
at that time.  This is no longer true, and hasn't been for many decades.
Most
movies are filmed in an aspect ratio close to 16:9.  Sometimes wider.

 BL>  The original movie screen, and then TV, was chosen at 4:3 because it
 BL> is the magic number - the way the human eye "sees" things.

I don't.  Neither do most photographers, artists, etc.

 BL> We live in a 4:3 world. The Greeks knew it when they built the
 BL> Parthenon.

Parthenon is 3:2.

I thought Parthenon was the ratio of Phi.  Cant remember the formula
though......

Cheers
Niels

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