2010/10/23 Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@yahoo.co.uk>:
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> I've seen a "revolutionary" panasonic tv advert recently that reckons
> they're tv is "cinema proportion" at 21:9. Rediculous, I've never seen a
> cinema that shape and wouldn't go if there was one. The local 3d Imax
> is almost square and it's much better!!.

That "almost square" screen has an aspect ratio of 1.44:1. Please
don't try to view 2001 on such a screen. :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Filmaspectratios_svg.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)#Previous_and_presently_used_aspect_ratios

Best
   Martin