Way back when they were talking about going HD wide screen for TV I was excited and couldn't wait. But NO! Engineering came out with 16:9! What the heck is 16:9. No one shot in 16:9. Most movies are 2:35x1 so to show a widescreen movie you still have to crop the top and bottom. We changed everything in TV, cameras, editing, sound and transmission. Why we didn't go all the way? I was shooting real wide screen with my Bolex camera and anamorphic lens in my twenties. I even had a eight foot curved screen for projection. Don
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