Widescreen

A type of display that is wider than the traditional display size. Widescreen supports a different aspect ratio than traditional displays, which enables widescreen TVs to show a DVD movie in their original format. With widescreen computer displays the user has more viewable space for computer games that support widescreen and in their other computer programs. 

Below is a visual example of what a widescreen display may look like. This picture is of the Acer AL1913W widescreen flat panel display. 

Today, the widescreen format is available for televisions, computer flat-panels (as shown above), and even computer laptops.

Also see: 16:9, Anamorphic, Aspect ratio, CD definitions, FullScreen, Video definitions