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Isn't 18:9 / 2:1 now the standard format for Amazon and Netflix? Perhaps that's one reason for the change.
A lot of devices such as smartphones like the iPhone X or Samsung Galaxy S/Note series are 2:1 as well.
The Galaxy S8 / S9 / Note 8 / Note 9 are 18.5:9 / 39:18 I believe.
It's going to be 2:1, which is barely different from 16:9. Like I said, if someone swapped a 16:9 display for a 2:1 one, I don't think most people would notice. The only reason most people notice at all is that it leaves 1/9th of their 16:9 screens black (or even less if their TV is set for possible overscan, as most do by default), and makes them go "ooh, wide(r)screen!"
Unless you're going to go the whole hog and do something like 2.35:1 I don't really see the point (but even then it only looks "cinematic" because it's what we're used to seeing at the cinema. It isn't intrinsically any more immersive). I think I might watch with it zoomed to fill my screen just to spite them
Unless you're going to go the whole hog and do something like 2.35:1 I don't really see the point (but even then it only looks "cinematic" because it's what we're used to seeing at the cinema. It isn't intrinsically any more immersive). I think I might watch with it zoomed to fill my screen just to spite them
Isn't 18:9 / 2:1 now the standard format for Amazon and Netflix? Perhaps that's one reason for the change.
A lot of devices such as smartphones like the iPhone X or Samsung Galaxy S/Note series are 2:1 as well.
The Galaxy S8 / S9 / Note 8 / Note 9 are 18.5:9 / 39:18 I believe.