16:9 aspect ratio: Difference between revisions

Once seen as an "exotic" aspect ratio,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoehler |first=Dieter |date=2008-06-03 |title=A Brief Review on HDTV in Europe in the early 90's|url=https://www.live-production.tv/case-studies/sports/brief-review-hdtv-europe-early-90%E2%80%99s.html |website=Live-Production.TV}}</ref> since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for [[television]]s and [[computer monitor]]s, and is also the universal standard image format for the universal [[1080p]], [[2160p]] and [[4320p]] formats.

16:9 or "sixteen-nine" is the universal [[widescreen]] standard format <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Recommendation ITU-R BT.1197-1 Enhanced wide-screen PAL TV transmission system (the PALplus system) |url=https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bt/R-REC-BT.1197-1-199802-W!!PDF-E.pdf |website=itu.int}}</ref> and [[Clear-Vision|Wide-aspect Clear-vision]].<ref name=":15">{{Cite book |url=https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bt/R-REC-BT.1298-0-199710-W!!PDF-E.pdf |title=Recommendation ITU-R BT.1298 - Enhanced wide-screen NTSC TV transmission system |publisher=ITU |year=1997}}</ref> Japan's [[Multiple_sub-Nyquist_sampling_encoding|Hi-Vision]] originally started with a [[15:9]] ratio but converted when the international standards group introduced the wider ratio [[16:9]]. Many digital video cameras have the capability to record in 16:9, and this is the only widescreen aspect ratio natively supported by [[Blu-ray Disc]]. It is also the native aspect ratio of the Blu-ray Disc, but Blu-ray Disc producers can also choose to show even a wider ratio such as 2.40:1 within the 16:9 frame adding [[Letterboxing (filming)|Letterbox black bars]] within the image itself.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

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| <p>'''16:9 native:'''{{efn|Channels that are squeezed/letterboxed to 4:3 on analog terrestrial transmissions nor no letterbox on widescreen-produced programs}} [[People's Television Network|PTV]], [[ABS-CBN News Channel|ANC]] (both SD and HD),{{efn|name=payTV|16:9 versions available on pay-TV services only}} [[Kapamilya Channel]] (both SD and HD),{{efn|name=payTV|16:9 versions available on pay-TV services only}} [[A2Z (TV channel)|A2Z]], [[RPTV (TV channel)|RPTV]] (both SD and HD), [[Aliw Channel 23|Aliw 23]], [[One PH]], [[One News (TV channel)|One News]] (both SD and HD),{{efn|name=payTV|16:9 versions available on pay-TV services only}} [[One Sports (TV channel)#One Sports+|One Sports+]],{{efn|16:9 versions available on pay-TV services only|name=payTV}} [[Hope Channel Philippines]], [[Cebu Catholic Television Network|CCTN]], [[Central Luzon Television|CLTV36]], [[Three Angels Broadcasting Network|3ABN]], [[Cinema One]], [[Hope International (Seventh-day Adventist)|Hope International]], [[DZCE-TV|INCTV]], [[Net 25]], [[Front Row Channel]], [[Living Asia Channel]], [[Shop TV]] (both SD and HD), [[Solar All Access]], [[Solar Sports]], [[SolarFlix]], [[Solar Learning]], [[DZRH News Television]], [[TeleRadyo Serbisyo]], [[Truth Channel]], all TAP DMV channels ([[TAP TV]], [[TAP Edge]], [[TAP Movies]], [[TAP Movies#TAP Action Flix|TAP Action Flix]], [[TAP Sports]], [[Premier Sports (Philippine TV channel)|Premier Sports]], [[Viaplay Sports|Premier Tennis]], and [[Premier Sports (Philippine TV channel)#Premier Football|Premier Football]]), [[BuKo (TV channel)|BuKo]], [[NBA TV Philippines]], [[PBA Rush]], [[UAAP Varsity Channel]], [[One Media Network]], [[Metro Channel]] (both SD and HD), [[Myx]], [[Prime TV (Philippine TV channel)|Prime TV]], some ofall BEAM TV's subchannels (except [[Knowledge Channel]]), [[Sari-Sari Channel]], [[DWAQ-DTV|SMNI]], [[SMNI News Channel]], [[Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation|IBC]], [[All TV]], [[GMA Network|GMA]], [[GTV (Philippine TV network)|GTV]] and its other subchannels, [[TV5 (Philippine TV network)|TV5]] (both SD and [[TV5 (Philippine TV network)#Transition to high-definition (2023)|HD]]), [[One Sports (TV channel)|One Sports]] (both SD and HD), [[UNTV]],{{efn|Some programs are aired in true 16:9 formatting}} [[DZRJ-DTV|RJ DigiTV]] and its other subchannels, and [[TV Maria]].</p><p>'''4:3 upscaled/stretched to 16:9:'''{{efn|channels that are originally broadcasting in 4:3 on analog terrestrial, but upscaled or stretched to 16:9 for digital terrestrial television, cable and satellite}} [[DZOZ-DTV|Light TV]], [[Celestial Movies(Philippines)|CelestialLight Movies PinoyTV]], [[Cine Mo!]], [[Jeepney TV]], [[Knowledge Channel]], all Viva Communications channels ([[Celestial Movies#Celestial Movies Pinoy (Philippines)|Celestial Movies Pinoy]], [[Pinoy Box Office]], [[Tagalized Movie Channel]], and [[UNTVViva Cinema]]), and [[VivaUNTV]] Cinema([[Ang Dating Daan#Television Broadcast|Ang Dating Daan]] only).</p>