Darkheart:
The golden ratio/rectangle is used by artists the world over. Even the ancient romans used it in the construction of their buildings. It's a shape found in nature, and as such is pleasing to the eye.
So someone knew what they were doing when they made PC displays 16:10 when HDTV's were being made to be 16:9. I just thought that was interesting. I didn't understand before why they might have made the two use diffeent standards, other than 16:9 being awfully wide for something you're gonna be doing word processing on.
(TV's were made 16:9 because that is a common movie aspect ratio, and it was probably chosen over 16:10 originally for some obscure reason having to do with film way back in the day.)
The golden ratio/rectangle is used by artists the world over. Even the ancient romans used it in the construction of their buildings. It's a shape found in nature, and as such is pleasing to the eye.
So someone knew what they were doing when they made PC displays 16:10 when HDTV's were being made to be 16:9. I just thought that was interesting. I didn't understand before why they might have made the two use diffeent standards, other than 16:9 being awfully wide for something you're gonna be doing word processing on.
(TV's were made 16:9 because that is a common movie aspect ratio, and it was probably chosen over 16:10 originally for some obscure reason having to do with film way back in the day.)