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Thanks for the infos! I had thought I read it somewhere, but at the moment, I can't find the facts to support my views (pun not intended). The closest I can fi

Thanks for the infos! I had thought I read it somewhere, but at the moment, I can't find the facts to support my views (pun not intended). The closest I can find is (http://reviews.cnet.com/aspect-ratio-guide/ http://reviews.cnet.com/aspect-ratio-guide/) "At comparable screen sizes, the wide-screen image is a distinct improvement: it offers a larger image, and the horizontal orientation is more akin to how your eyes--next to each other, not on top of one another--view objects." But that's hardly scientific. Does anyone have studies or so on how widescreens are an improvement and why it's better? What I can also find is that it's based on 35mm film from way, way in the past, because back then, it was standard material and thus cheaper.

puja108 14y ago
There could also be an "unnatural" habitual reason behind it, as we are trained to be looking at widescreen, widescreen also feels more natural. Doesn't imply that it's better though.
twerquie 14y ago
As I mentioned above, it's not so much about our eyes being side-by-side as it is about our world being horizontally organized. Our eye muscles are optimized for horizontal movement (two muscles involved for a horizontal scan, one contract and one relax, where four are involved for vertical movement). http://www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/eom.html http://www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/eom.html