Widescreen
Sometimes
referred to as landscape display, widescreen is a display that is wider than
it is tall. 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. In the picture to the right, is a
Acer
AL1913W widescreen flat panel display and an example of what a widescreen may
look like.
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