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[[File:16x9 by Pengo.svg|thumb|A 16:9 rectangle in which rectangles visualize the ratio. Note that the groupings are not square.]]
[[File:Samsung LE26R41BD and Yamada DVD player 20030624.jpg|thumb|An LCD television set with a 16:9 image ratio.]]
'''16:9''' (1.7{{overline|7}}:1) is a [[widescreen]] [[Aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]] with a width of 16 units and height of 9.
Once seen as exotic,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.live-production.tv/case-studies/sports/brief-review-hdtv-europe-early-90%E2%80%99s.html|title=A Brief Review on HDTV in Europe in the early 90’s | LIVE-PRODUCTION.TV|website=www.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 international standard format of [[digital television]] [[High-definition television|HDTV]] [[1080p|Full HD]] and [[Standard-definition television|SD]] TV. It has replaced the fullscreen [[Fullscreen (aspect ratio)|4:3 aspect ratio]].
16:9 (1.7{{overline|7}}:1) (said as sixteen by nine or sixteen to nine) is the international standard format of HDTV, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television PALplus. Japan's Hi-Vision originally started with a 15:9 (1.6{{overline|6}}:1) ratio but converted when the international standards group introduced a wider ratio of 16 to 9. Many digital video cameras have the capability to record in 16:9, and 16:9 is the only widescreen aspect ratio natively supported by the DVD standard. DVD producers can also choose to show even wider ratios such as 1.85:1 and 2.40:1 within the 16:9 DVD frame by hard matting or adding black bars within the image itself.
==History==
[[File:HDTV aspect ratio derivation.svg|thumb|<div style="margin-bottom:1ex;">Derivation of the 16:9 aspect ratio</div>The main figure shows 4:3, 1.85:1, and 2.35:1 rectangles with the same area ''A'', and 16:9 rectangles that covers (black) or is common to (grey) them. The calculation considers the extreme rectangles, where ''m'' and ''n'' are multipliers to maintain their respective aspect ratios and areas.]]
Dr. Kerns H. Powers, a member of the [[SMPTE]] Working Group on High-Definition Electronic Production, first proposed the 16:9 (1.7{{overline|7}}:1) aspect ratio in 1984,<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.sportsvideo.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Searching-for-the-Perfect-Aspect-Ratio.pdf|title=Searching for the Perfect Aspect Ratio}},</ref> when nobody was creating 16:9 videos. The popular choices in 1980 were 4:3 (based on TV standard's ratio at the time), 15:9 (the European "flat" 1.6{{overline|6}}:1 ratio), 1.85:1 (the American "flat" ratio) and 2.35:1 (the [[CinemaScope]]/[[Panavision]]) ratio for [[anamorphic]] widescreen.
Powers cut out rectangles with equal areas, shaped to match each of the popular aspect ratios. When overlapped with their center points aligned, he found that all of those aspect ratio rectangles fit within an outer rectangle with an aspect ratio of 1.7{{overline|7}}:1 and all of them also covered a smaller common inner rectangle with the same aspect ratio 1.78:1.<ref name="Cinemasource">{{cite journal|url=http://www.cinemasource.com/articles/aspect_ratios.pdf#page=8|format=Technical bulletin|title=Understanding Aspect Ratios|journal=CinemaSource|publisher=The CinemaSource Press|year=2001|access-date=2009-10-24}}</ref> The value found by Powers is exactly the [[geometric mean]] of the extreme aspect ratios, 4:3 and 2.35:1, <span style="font-size:125%;font-stretch:80%;">√</span>{{sfrac|47|15}}≈1.77:1 which is coincidentally close to 16:9. Applying the same geometric mean technique to 16:9 and 4:3 yields an aspect ratio of around 1.5396:1, sometimes approximated as [[14:9]] (1.5{{overline|5}}:1), which is likewise used as a compromise between these ratios.<ref>{{cite patent|title=Method of showing 16:9 pictures on 4:3 displays|country=EN|number=5956091|gdate=1999-09-21}}</ref>
While 16:9 (1.7{{overline|7}}:1) was initially selected as a compromise format, the subsequent popularity of HDTV broadcast has solidified 16:9 as perhaps the most common video aspect ratio in use.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-06-13|title=Why 16:9 aspect ratio was chosen for HD?|url=http://guruprasad.net/posts/why-16-9-aspect-ratio-was-chosen-for-hd/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Guruprasad's Portal|language=en-US}}</ref> Most 4:3 (1.3{{overline|3}}:1) and 2.40:1 video is now recorded using a "[[shoot and protect]]" technique<ref>{{cite journal|journal=EBU|location=[[Switzerland|CH]]|url=http://www.ebu.ch/en/technical/trev/trev_280-baker.pdf|title=Safe areas for widescreen transmission|first=I|last=Baker|publisher=BBC|date=1999-08-25|access-date=2009-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011055023/http://www.ebu.ch/en/technical/trev/trev_280-baker.pdf|archive-date=2010-10-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> that keeps the main action within a 16:9 (1.7{{overline|7}}:1) inner rectangle to facilitate HD broadcast{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}. Conversely it is quite common to use a technique known as center-cutting, to approach the challenge of presenting material shot (typically 16:9) to both an HD and legacy 4:3 audience simultaneously without having to compromise image size for either audience. Content creators frame critical content or graphics to fit within the 1.33:1 raster space. This has similarities to a filming technique called [[open matte]].
After the original 16:9 Action Plan of the early 1990s, the [[European Union]] instituted the 16:9 Action Plan,<ref name="actionplan">{{cite web|format=legislation summary|url=http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/other/l24103c_en.htm|title=Television in the 16:9 screen format|publisher=Europa|location=[[Europe|EU]]|access-date=2011-09-08}}</ref> just to accelerate the development of the advanced television services in 16:9 aspect ratio, both in [[PALplus]] (compatible with regular PAL broadcasts) and also in [[HD-MAC]] (an early HD format). The Community fund for the 16:9 Action Plan amounted to €228,000,000.
Over a long period in the late 2000s and early 2010s, the computer industry switched from 4:3 to 16:9 as the most common aspect ratio for monitors and laptops. A 2008 report by DisplaySearch cited a number of reasons for this shift, including the ability for PC and monitor manufacturers to expand their product ranges by offering products with wider screens and higher resolutions, helping consumers to more easily adopt such products and "stimulating the growth of the notebook PC and LCD monitor market".<ref name="display">{{cite web|url=http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-0A424DE8-28DF6E59/displaysearch/hs.xsl/070108_16by9_PR.asp|title=Product Planners and Marketers Must Act Before 16:9 Panels Replace Mainstream 16:10 Notebook PC and Monitor LCD Panels, New DisplaySearch Topical Report Advises|publisher=DisplaySearch|date=2008-07-01|access-date=2011-09-08}}</ref> By using the same aspect ratio for both TVs and monitors, manufacturing can be streamlined and research costs reduced by not requiring two separate sets of equipment, and since a 16:9 is narrower than a 16:10 panel of the same length, more panels can be created per sheet of glass.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/display-ratio-change-again|title=Display Ratio Change (again)|date=2009-04-14|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bit-tech.net/blogs/tech/16-10-vs-16-9-the-monitor-aspect-ratio/1/|title=16:10 vs 16:9 - the monitor aspect ratio conundrum|date=2012-10-22 |access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://press.trendforce.com/node/view/3307.html |title=Resurgence of 16:10 Aspect Ratio Laptop Computers to Occupy 2% Share of Non-Apple Market in 2020, Says TrendForce |date=2019-04-11 |access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref>
In 2011, Bennie Budler, product manager of IT products at Samsung South Africa, confirmed that monitors capable of {{resx|1920×1200}} resolutions are not being manufactured anymore. "It is all about reducing manufacturing costs. The new 16:9 aspect ratio panels are more cost-effective to manufacture locally than the previous 16:10 panels".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mybroadband.co.za/news/hardware/17621-Widescreen-monitors-Where-did-1920x1200.html |title=Widescreen monitors: Where did 1920×1200 go? « Hardware « MyBroadband Tech and IT News |publisher=Mybroadband.co.za |date=2011-01-10 |access-date=2011-09-08 }}</ref>
In March 2011, the 16:9 resolution {{resx|1920×1080}} became the most common used resolution among [[Steam (service)|Steam]]'s users. The previous most common resolution was {{resx|1680×1050}} (16:10).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey |title=Steam Hardware & Software Survey |publisher=Steam |access-date=2011-09-08 }}</ref>
==Properties==
16:9 is the only widescreen aspect ratio natively supported by the [[DVD-Video#Video data|DVD]] format. An [[Anamorphic widescreen|Anamorphic]] [[PALplus|PAL+]] [[DVD]] with a full frame, may contain {{resx|768x576p}}, but a [[Media player (software)|video player software]] will stretch this to {{resx|1024x576p}}.
Producers can also choose to show even wider ratios such as 1.85:1 and 2.4:1 within the 16:9 DVD frame by [[Hard matte|hard matting]] or adding black bars within the image itself. Some films which were made in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, such as the U.S.-Italian co-production ''[[Man of La Mancha (film)|Man of La Mancha]]'' and [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]'', fit quite comfortably onto a 1.7{{overline|7}}:1 HDTV screen and have been issued as an enhanced version on DVD without the black bars. Many [[digital video]] cameras have the capability to record in 16:9.
==Common resolutions==
Common resolutions for 16:9 are listed in the table below:
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Width !! Heigh
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| 256 || 144 ||
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| 426 || 240 ||
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| 640 || 360 || [[Graphics display resolution#640 × 360 (nHD)|nHD]]
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| 848 || 480 ||
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| 854 || 480 || [[Graphics display resolution#854 × 480 (FWVGA)|FWVGA]]
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| 960 || 540 || [[Graphics display resolution#qHD|qHD]]
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| 1024 || 576 ||
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| 1280 || 720 || [[Graphics display resolution#1280 × 720 (HD)|HD]]
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| 1366 || 768 || [[Graphics display resolution#WXGA|WXGA]]
|-
| 1600 || 900 || [[Graphics display resolution#HD+|HD+]]
|-
| 1920 || 1080 || [[Graphics display resolution#1920 × 1080 (FHD)|Full HD]]
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| 2560 || 1440 || [[Graphics display resolution#QHD / WQHD (2560x1440)|QHD]]
|-
| 3200 || 1800 || [[Graphics display resolution#QHD+|QHD+]]
|-
| 3840 || 2160 || [[Graphics display resolution#3840 × 2160 (4K UHD)|4K UHD]]
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| 5120 || 2880 || [[5K resolution|5K]] <!-- This resolution is not part of any UHD standard. Do not rename it to "5K UHD" or anything like that unless you can provide a source that it has been adopted into the UHD standards. -->
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| 7680 || 4320 || [[8K resolution|8K]] [[Graphic display resolution|UHD]]
|}
==Countries==
===Europe===
In Europe, 16:9 is the standard broadcast format for most TV channels and all [[high-definition television|HD]] broadcasts. Some countries adopted the format for analogue television, first by using the [[PALplus]] standard (now obsolete) and then by simply using [[Widescreen signalling|WSS]] on normal PAL broadcasts.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Country
! Channel
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| {{flag|Albania}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Andorra}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Armenia}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Austria}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Azerbaijan}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Belarus}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Belgium}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Bulgaria}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Cyprus}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Croatia}}
| [[Croatian Radiotelevision|HRT]] 1**, 2**, 3**, 4**, 5, [[RTL Televizija]]*, [[RTL 2 (Croatia)|RTL 2]]*, [[Nova TV (Croatia)|Nova TV]]*, [[Doma TV (Croatia)|Doma TV]]*, [[RTL Kockica]]* [[Sportska televizija|Sportska Televizija]]**.
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| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Denmark}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Estonia}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Finland}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|France}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Germany}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Georgia}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Greece}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Hungary}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Iceland}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Ireland}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Italy}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Latvia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Luxembourg}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Malta}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Moldova}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Monaco}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Montenegro}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|North Macedonia}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Norway}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Poland}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Portugal}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Romania}}
| '''''Always on 16:9''''': Antena channels ([[Antena 1 (Romania)|Antena 1]], [[Antena Stars]], [[Antena 3 (Romania)|Antena 3]], [[Happy Channel (Romania)|Happy]], [[ZU TV]], [[Antena Internațional]]), RCS & RDS channels (including [[Digi24]], [[UTV Romania|U TV]], [[Music Channel (Romania)|Music Channel]]), [[Kiss TV (Romania)|Kiss TV]], [[B1 TV]], [[Telekom Sport]], [[Look TV]], [[Look Plus]], WarnerMedia channels ([[Cartoon Network (Central and Eastern Europe)|Cartoon Network]], [[Boomerang (Central and Eastern European TV channel)|Boomerang]])<br/>'''''Often on 16:9''''': TVR channels ([[TVR1|TVR 1]], [[TVR2|TVR 2]], [[TVR3|TVR 3]], [[TVRi]]), PRO channels ([[Pro TV]], [[Pro 2]], [[Pro X]], [[PRO Cinema|Pro Cinema]], [[Pro Gold]], [[PRO.TV Internațional|Pro TV Internațional]])<br/>'''''Always on 4:3 with 16:9 stretched''''': CNM channels ([[Național TV]], [[Național 24 Plus]], [[Favorit TV]]), TVR regional channels ([[TVR Cluj]], [[TVR Craiova]], [[TVR Iași]], [[TVR Tîrgu-Mureș]], [[TVR Timișoara]]), [[Prima TV]].
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| {{flag|Russia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|San Marino}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Serbia}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Slovakia}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Slovenia}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Spain}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Sweden}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Switzerland}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Turkey}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| All channels.
|-
|}
===Oceania===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Country
! Channel
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| {{flag|Australia}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Fiji}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|New Zealand}}
| All channels.
|}
===Asia===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Country
! Channel
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| {{flag|Afghanistan}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| [[SA TV]].
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| {{flag|Cambodia}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|China}}
| [[China Central Television|CCTV]] channels 1–15, [[CCTV-5+]], all [[China Global Television Network|CGTN]] channels. Older contents in 4:3 and news contents are stretched on SD variants of these channels as stretching on SD channels is common.
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| {{flag|Hong Kong}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|India}}
| All HD channels. Most SD channels are still broadcasting in 4:3, either fullscreen or letterboxed.
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| {{flag|Indonesia}}
| '''16:9 native'''*''':''' [[Kompas TV]], [[Metro TV (Indonesian TV network)|MetroTV]], [[Trans7]], [[Trans TV]], [[NET (Indonesian TV network)|NET.]], [[TVRI (TV channel)|TVRI]], [[RCTI]], [[GTV (Indonesian TV network)|GTV]], [[MNCTV]], [[iNews]], [[SCTV (TV network)|SCTV]], [[Indosiar]]
'''4:3, upscaled/stretched to 16:9'''**''':''' [[antv]], [[tvOne (Indonesian TV network)|tvOne]], [[RTV (Indonesian TV network)|RTV]]
<small>''*Channels that are primarily broadcast in 16:9 sometimes are filled by 4:3 content which are either stretched or pillarboxed.''</small>
<small>''**These channels are still using 4:3 configuration. Stretched when broadcasting in 16:9 format, including for digital terrestrial television, cable and satellite.''</small>
<small>'''Note:''' Nationwide TV channels listed above are classified according to their original configuration, sorted chronologically according to TV configuration update. Configuration for exclusively digital and local channels are may vary. Local versions of nationwide channels may be different from their national version.</small>
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| {{flag|Iran}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Israel}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Japan}}
| Japan pioneered in its analogue HDTV system ([[Multiple sub-Nyquist sampling encoding|MUSE]]) in 16:9 format, started in the 1980s. Currently all main channels have [[digital terrestrial television]] channels in 16:9 while being simulcast in analogue 4:3 format. Many satellite broadcast channels are being broadcast in 16:9 as well.
|-
| {{flag|Jordan}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Lebanon}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Malaysia}}
| All channels.
|-
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
| [[MNB (TV channel)|MNB & MN2]], [[TM Television]], [[TV5 (Mongolia)|TV5]], TV6, [[TV8 (Mongolia)|TV8]], [[Channel 25 (Mongolia)|Channel 25]], Эx Орон, [[Supervision Broadcasting Network|SBN]], [[ETV (Mongolia)|ETV]], [[Mongolian News Channel|MNC]], [[Eagle TV|Eagle News TV]], [[Edutainment TV]], Star TV, [[SPS (Mongolia)|SPS]], [[Sportbox]] and SHUUD TV.
|-
|{{flag|Myanmar}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Nepal}}
| [[Kantipur Television Network]]
[[AP1 TV]]
[[News 24 (Nepal)]]
[[TV Filmy]]
[[Nepal Television]]
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| {{flag|Oman}}
| All channels.
|-
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
| All HD channels. Most SD channels are still broadcasting in 4:3, either in fullscreen or letterboxed
|-
|{{flag|Philippines}}
| '''16:9 native'''<sup>*</sup>''':''' [[People's Television Network|PTV]], ANC (both SD and HD)***, [[Kapamilya Channel]] (both SD and HD)***, [[CNN Philippines]], [[One PH]],*** [[One News (TV channel)|One News]]***, [[One Sports+]], [[Hope Channel Philippines]], [[Three Angels Broadcasting Network|3ABN]]''',''' [[Hope International (Seventh-day Adventist)|Hope International]], [[INCTV]], [[Net 25]], [[DZRH News Television]], [[TeleRadyo]], [[Colours (TV channel)|Colours]], all TAP DMV channels ([[TAP TV]], [[TAP Edge]], [[TAP Movies]], [[TAP Action Flix]], [[TAP Sports]], [[Premier Sports (Philippine TV channel)|Premier Sports]], [[Premier Tennis]], and [[Premier Football]]), [[BuKo]], [[NBA TV Philippines]], [[PBA Rush]], [[UAAP Varsity Channel]], [[Golden Nation Network]], [[Metro Channel]]
'''4:3 upscaled/stretched to 16:9'''<sup>**</sup>: [[ETC (Philippine TV channel)|ETC]], [[2nd Avenue (television channel)|2nd Avenue]], all BEAM's subchannels, [[DZOZ-TV|Light Network]], [[UNTV (Philippines)|UNTV]]****, Ang Dating Daan TV, [[SMNI 39|SMNI]], [[TV5 (Philippine TV channel)|TV5]], [[One Sports (TV channel)|One Sports]], [[GMA Network|GMA 7]], [[A2Z (Philippine TV channel)|A2Z]], [[GTV (Philippine TV network)|GTV]], [[Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation|IBC 13]]
<small>''*channels that are squeezed/letterboxed to 4:3 on analog terrestrial transmissions nor no letterbox on widescreen-produced programs.''</small>
<small>''**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.''</small>
<small>''***16:9 versions available on pay-TV services only.''</small>
<small>''****Some programs are aired in true 16:9 formatting''</small>
|-
| {{flag|Qatar}}
| All [[BeIN Sports (Middle East TV channel)|beIN Sports]] channels, [[Al Jazeera]], [[Al Jazeera English]], [[Al Jazeera Mubasher]], [[Qatar TV]] HD, all Alkass channels.
|-
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Singapore}}
| All channels, however 16:9 contents look squashed on older 4:3 sets. Also, all 4:3 contents including news clips are stretched as stretching is common.
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| {{flag|South Korea}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}
| All channels
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|{{flag|Syria}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Taiwan}}
| [[Taiwan Television|TTV HD]], [[China Television|CTV HD]], [[Chinese Television System|CTS HD]], [[Formosa Television|FTV HD]], [[Public Television Service|PTS HD]], [[TVBS]].
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| {{flag|Thailand}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Vietnam}}
| All of VTC's channels, [[Vietnam Television|VTV]] channels, [[Ho Chi Minh City Television|HTV]] channels and K+'s channels (selected programmes), most of local channels.
|}
===Americas===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Country
! Channel
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| {{flag|Argentina}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Barbados}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Bolivia}}
| '''''Always on 16:9''''': PAT, [[Red ATB|ATB]].<br/>''''' Often on 16:9''''': [[Bolivia TV]].
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| {{flag|Brazil}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Canada}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Chile}}
| All channels. Expect [[Telecanal|Telecanal in 4.3 in ident 4:3 letterboxed in commercials]]
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| {{flag|Colombia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Costa Rica}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Dominican Republic}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Ecuador}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Jamaica}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| '''''Free-to-air television''''': [[Las Estrellas]], [[FOROtv]], [[Canal 5 (Televisa Network)|Canal 5]], [[Gala TV (Mexico)|NU9VE]], [[Televisa Regional]], [[Azteca Uno]], [[Azteca 7]], [[a+ (television channel)|a+]], [[XHTVM-TDT|adn40]], [[Imagen Televisión]], [[Excélsior|Excélsior TV]], [[Canal Once (Mexico)|Canal Once]], [[XEIMT-TDT|Canal 22]], [[Una Voz con Todos]], [[XHUNAM-TDT|Teveunam]], [[Milenio Televisión]], [[Multimedios Televisión]], [[Teleritmo]], and some local HD stations.
'''''Pay television''''': [[Unicable (Mexican network)|U]], [[Golden (TV channel)|Golden]], [[Golden Edge]], [[TL Novelas]], [[Bandamax]], [[De Película]], [[De Película Clásico]], [[Ritmoson Latino]], [[Televisa Deportes Network|TDN]], [[TeleHit]], [[Distrito Comedia]], [[Tiin]], Az Noticias, Az Clic!, Az Mundo, Az Corazón, Az Cinema, [[52MX]], TVC, [[TVC Deportes]], Pánico, Cinema Platino, Cine Mexicano.
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| {{flag|Panama}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Paraguay}}
| Almost all channels on free-to-air television, especially HD feeds (ex.: [[Red Paraguaya de Comunicación|RPC]], NPY, [[Unicanal]], channel 7 HD). SD feeds (usually found on pay television) are usually letterboxed and downscaled to 4:3 (ex.: [[Sistema Nacional de Televisión (Paraguay)|SNT]] & [[Paravisión]]).
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| {{flag|Peru}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|United States}}
| All HD channels. SD feeds (usually found on pay television) are usually letterboxed and downscaled to 4:3.
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| {{flag|Uruguay}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Venezuela}}
| All channels.
|}
===Africa===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Country
! Channel
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| {{flag|Algeria}}
| {{Unbulleted list|[[Public Establishment of Television|Algérie 3]]|[[Echourouk TV]]}}
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| {{flag|Angola}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Botswana}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Burkina Faso}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Cameroon}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Cape Verde}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Comoros}}
| All channels.
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| {{flag|Congo}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Djibouti}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Egypt}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Ethiopia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Gabon}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Ghana}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Ivory Coast}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Kenya}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Lesotho}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Liberia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Libya}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Madagascar}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Malawi}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Mali}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Morocco}}
| All channels except [[2M (TV channel)|2M]].
|-
| {{flag|Mozambique}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Mauritius}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Namibia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Rwanda}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Senegal}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|South Africa}}
| All channels.
|-
|{{flag|Sudan}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Togo}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Tunisia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Uganda}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
| All channels.
|}
==See also==
*[[Display aspect ratio]]
*[[High-definition television]]
*[[Display resolution]]
*[[1080p]] / [[1080i]]
*[[24p]]
*[[Aspect ratio (image)#4:3 standard|4:3]]
*[[14:9]]
*[[16:10]]
*[[21:9 aspect ratio|21:9]]
==References==
{{commons category}}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.necdisplay.com/support/css/monitortechguide/index05.htm |publisher=NEC|title=NEC Monitor Technology Guide|access-date=2006-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521000427/http://www.necdisplay.com/support/css/monitortechguide/index05.htm|archive-date=2006-05-21}}
{{Refend}}
[[Category:Picture aspect ratios]]
[[Category:High-definition television]]
[[Category:Ultra-high-definition television]]' |
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[[File:16x9 by Pengo.svg|thumb|A 16:9 rectangle in which rectangles visualize the ratio. Note that the groupings are not square.]]
[[File:Samsung LE26R41BD and Yamada DVD player 20030624.jpg|thumb|An LCD television set with a 16:9 image ratio.]]
'''16:9''' (1.7{{overline|7}}:1) is a [[widescreen]] [[Aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]] with a width of 16 units and height of 9.
Once seen as exotic,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.live-production.tv/case-studies/sports/brief-review-hdtv-europe-early-90%E2%80%99s.html|title=A Brief Review on HDTV in Europe in the early 90’s | LIVE-PRODUCTION.TV|website=www.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 international standard format of [[digital television]] [[High-definition television|HDTV]] [[1080p|Full HD]] and [[Standard-definition television|SD]] TV. It has replaced the fullscreen [[Fullscreen (aspect ratio)|4:3 aspect ratio]].
16:9 (1.7{{overline|7}}:1) (said as sixteen by nine or sixteen to nine) is the international standard format of HDTV, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television PALplus. Japan's Hi-Vision originally started with a 15:9 (1.6{{overline|6}}:1) ratio but converted when the international standards group introduced a wider ratio of 16 to 9. Many digital video cameras have the capability to record in 16:9, and 16:9 is the only widescreen aspect ratio natively supported by the DVD standard. DVD producers can also choose to show even wider ratios such as 1.85:1 and 2.40:1 within the 16:9 DVD frame by hard matting or adding black bars within the image itself.
==History==
[[File:HDTV aspect ratio derivation.svg|thumb|<div style="margin-bottom:1ex;">Derivation of the 16:9 aspect ratio</div>The main figure shows 4:3, 1.85:1, and 2.35:1 rectangles with the same area ''A'', and 16:9 rectangles that covers (black) or is common to (grey) them. The calculation considers the extreme rectangles, where ''m'' and ''n'' are multipliers to maintain their respective aspect ratios and areas.]]
Dr. Kerns H. Powers, a member of the [[SMPTE]] Working Group on High-Definition Electronic Production, first proposed the 16:9 (1.7{{overline|7}}:1) aspect ratio in 1984,<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.sportsvideo.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Searching-for-the-Perfect-Aspect-Ratio.pdf|title=Searching for the Perfect Aspect Ratio}},</ref> when nobody was creating 16:9 videos. The popular choices in 1980 were 4:3 (based on TV standard's ratio at the time), 15:9 (the European "flat" 1.6{{overline|6}}:1 ratio), 1.85:1 (the American "flat" ratio) and 2.35:1 (the [[CinemaScope]]/[[Panavision]]) ratio for [[anamorphic]] widescreen.
Powers cut out rectangles with equal areas, shaped to match each of the popular aspect ratios. When overlapped with their center points aligned, he found that all of those aspect ratio rectangles fit within an outer rectangle with an aspect ratio of 1.7{{overline|7}}:1 and all of them also covered a smaller common inner rectangle with the same aspect ratio 1.78:1.<ref name="Cinemasource">{{cite journal|url=http://www.cinemasource.com/articles/aspect_ratios.pdf#page=8|format=Technical bulletin|title=Understanding Aspect Ratios|journal=CinemaSource|publisher=The CinemaSource Press|year=2001|access-date=2009-10-24}}</ref> The value found by Powers is exactly the [[geometric mean]] of the extreme aspect ratios, 4:3 and 2.35:1, <span style="font-size:125%;font-stretch:80%;">√</span>{{sfrac|47|15}}≈1.77:1 which is coincidentally close to 16:9. Applying the same geometric mean technique to 16:9 and 4:3 yields an aspect ratio of around 1.5396:1, sometimes approximated as [[14:9]] (1.5{{overline|5}}:1), which is likewise used as a compromise between these ratios.<ref>{{cite patent|title=Method of showing 16:9 pictures on 4:3 displays|country=EN|number=5956091|gdate=1999-09-21}}</ref>
While 16:9 (1.7{{overline|7}}:1) was initially selected as a compromise format, the subsequent popularity of HDTV broadcast has solidified 16:9 as perhaps the most common video aspect ratio in use.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-06-13|title=Why 16:9 aspect ratio was chosen for HD?|url=http://guruprasad.net/posts/why-16-9-aspect-ratio-was-chosen-for-hd/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Guruprasad's Portal|language=en-US}}</ref> Most 4:3 (1.3{{overline|3}}:1) and 2.40:1 video is now recorded using a "[[shoot and protect]]" technique<ref>{{cite journal|journal=EBU|location=[[Switzerland|CH]]|url=http://www.ebu.ch/en/technical/trev/trev_280-baker.pdf|title=Safe areas for widescreen transmission|first=I|last=Baker|publisher=BBC|date=1999-08-25|access-date=2009-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011055023/http://www.ebu.ch/en/technical/trev/trev_280-baker.pdf|archive-date=2010-10-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> that keeps the main action within a 16:9 (1.7{{overline|7}}:1) inner rectangle to facilitate HD broadcast{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}. Conversely it is quite common to use a technique known as center-cutting, to approach the challenge of presenting material shot (typically 16:9) to both an HD and legacy 4:3 audience simultaneously without having to compromise image size for either audience. Content creators frame critical content or graphics to fit within the 1.33:1 raster space. This has similarities to a filming technique called [[open matte]].
After the original 16:9 Action Plan of the early 1990s, the [[European Union]] instituted the 16:9 Action Plan,<ref name="actionplan">{{cite web|format=legislation summary|url=http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/other/l24103c_en.htm|title=Television in the 16:9 screen format|publisher=Europa|location=[[Europe|EU]]|access-date=2011-09-08}}</ref> just to accelerate the development of the advanced television services in 16:9 aspect ratio, both in [[PALplus]] (compatible with regular PAL broadcasts) and also in [[HD-MAC]] (an early HD format). The Community fund for the 16:9 Action Plan amounted to €228,000,000.
Over a long period in the late 2000s and early 2010s, the computer industry switched from 4:3 to 16:9 as the most common aspect ratio for monitors and laptops. A 2008 report by DisplaySearch cited a number of reasons for this shift, including the ability for PC and monitor manufacturers to expand their product ranges by offering products with wider screens and higher resolutions, helping consumers to more easily adopt such products and "stimulating the growth of the notebook PC and LCD monitor market".<ref name="display">{{cite web|url=http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-0A424DE8-28DF6E59/displaysearch/hs.xsl/070108_16by9_PR.asp|title=Product Planners and Marketers Must Act Before 16:9 Panels Replace Mainstream 16:10 Notebook PC and Monitor LCD Panels, New DisplaySearch Topical Report Advises|publisher=DisplaySearch|date=2008-07-01|access-date=2011-09-08}}</ref> By using the same aspect ratio for both TVs and monitors, manufacturing can be streamlined and research costs reduced by not requiring two separate sets of equipment, and since a 16:9 is narrower than a 16:10 panel of the same length, more panels can be created per sheet of glass.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/display-ratio-change-again|title=Display Ratio Change (again)|date=2009-04-14|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bit-tech.net/blogs/tech/16-10-vs-16-9-the-monitor-aspect-ratio/1/|title=16:10 vs 16:9 - the monitor aspect ratio conundrum|date=2012-10-22 |access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://press.trendforce.com/node/view/3307.html |title=Resurgence of 16:10 Aspect Ratio Laptop Computers to Occupy 2% Share of Non-Apple Market in 2020, Says TrendForce |date=2019-04-11 |access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref>
In 2011, Bennie Budler, product manager of IT products at Samsung South Africa, confirmed that monitors capable of {{resx|1920×1200}} resolutions are not being manufactured anymore. "It is all about reducing manufacturing costs. The new 16:9 aspect ratio panels are more cost-effective to manufacture locally than the previous 16:10 panels".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mybroadband.co.za/news/hardware/17621-Widescreen-monitors-Where-did-1920x1200.html |title=Widescreen monitors: Where did 1920×1200 go? « Hardware « MyBroadband Tech and IT News |publisher=Mybroadband.co.za |date=2011-01-10 |access-date=2011-09-08 }}</ref>
In March 2011, the 16:9 resolution {{resx|1920×1080}} became the most common used resolution among [[Steam (service)|Steam]]'s users. The previous most common resolution was {{resx|1680×1050}} (16:10).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey |title=Steam Hardware & Software Survey |publisher=Steam |access-date=2011-09-08 }}</ref>
==Properties==
16:9 is the only widescreen aspect ratio natively supported by the [[DVD-Video#Video data|DVD]] format. An [[Anamorphic widescreen|Anamorphic]] [[PALplus|PAL+]] [[DVD]] with a full frame, may contain {{resx|768x576p}}, but a [[Media player (software)|video player software]] will stretch this to {{resx|1024x576p}}.
Producers can also choose to show even wider ratios such as 1.85:1 and 2.4:1 within the 16:9 DVD frame by [[Hard matte|hard matting]] or adding black bars within the image itself. Some films which were made in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, such as the U.S.-Italian co-production ''[[Man of La Mancha (film)|Man of La Mancha]]'' and [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]'', fit quite comfortably onto a 1.7{{overline|7}}:1 HDTV screen and have been issued as an enhanced version on DVD without the black bars. Many [[digital video]] cameras have the capability to record in 16:9.
==Common resolutions==
Common resolutions for 16:9 are listed in the table below:
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Do not add resolutions to this table unless you are prepared to provide examples of them being used commonly, not just resolutions that you generated with your calculator, or resolutions that have been used once or twice in laboratory prototypes or showcase items. This is a table of COMMON resolutions, not a table of "every 16:9 resolution that has ever been used or conceived of even in the most insignificant manner".
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Width !! Heigh
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| 256 || 144 ||
|-
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| 640 || 360 || [[Graphics display resolution#640 × 360 (nHD)|nHD]]
|-
| 848 || 480 ||
|-
| 854 || 480 || [[Graphics display resolution#854 × 480 (FWVGA)|FWVGA]]
|-
| 960 || 540 || [[Graphics display resolution#qHD|qHD]]
|-
| 1024 || 576 ||
|-
| 1280 || 720 || [[Graphics display resolution#1280 × 720 (HD)|HD]]
|-
| 1366 || 768 || [[Graphics display resolution#WXGA|WXGA]]
|-
| 1600 || 900 || [[Graphics display resolution#HD+|HD+]]
|-
| 1920 || 1080 || [[Graphics display resolution#1920 × 1080 (FHD)|Full HD]]
|-
| 2560 || 1440 || [[Graphics display resolution#QHD / WQHD (2560x1440)|QHD]]
|-
| 3200 || 1800 || [[Graphics display resolution#QHD+|QHD+]]
|-
| 3840 || 2160 || [[Graphics display resolution#3840 × 2160 (4K UHD)|4K UHD]]
|-
| 5120 || 2880 || [[5K resolution|5K]] <!-- This resolution is not part of any UHD standard. Do not rename it to "5K UHD" or anything like that unless you can provide a source that it has been adopted into the UHD standards. -->
|-
| 7680 || 4320 || [[8K resolution|8K]] [[Graphic display resolution|UHD]]
|}
==Countries==
===Europe===
In Europe, 16:9 is the standard broadcast format for most TV channels and all [[high-definition television|HD]] broadcasts. Some countries adopted the format for analogue television, first by using the [[PALplus]] standard (now obsolete) and then by simply using [[Widescreen signalling|WSS]] on normal PAL broadcasts.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Channel
|-
| {{flag|Albania}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Andorra}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Armenia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Austria}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Azerbaijan}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Belarus}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Bulgaria}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Cyprus}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Croatia}}
| [[Croatian Radiotelevision|HRT]] 1**, 2**, 3**, 4**, 5, [[RTL Televizija]]*, [[RTL 2 (Croatia)|RTL 2]]*, [[Nova TV (Croatia)|Nova TV]]*, [[Doma TV (Croatia)|Doma TV]]*, [[RTL Kockica]]* [[Sportska televizija|Sportska Televizija]]**.
|-
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Estonia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Finland}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|France}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Georgia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Greece}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Hungary}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Iceland}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Ireland}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Italy}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Latvia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Luxembourg}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Malta}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Moldova}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Monaco}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Montenegro}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|North Macedonia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Norway}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Portugal}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Romania}}
| '''''Always on 16:9''''': Antena channels ([[Antena 1 (Romania)|Antena 1]], [[Antena Stars]], [[Antena 3 (Romania)|Antena 3]], [[Happy Channel (Romania)|Happy]], [[ZU TV]], [[Antena Internațional]]), RCS & RDS channels (including [[Digi24]], [[UTV Romania|U TV]], [[Music Channel (Romania)|Music Channel]]), [[Kiss TV (Romania)|Kiss TV]], [[B1 TV]], [[Telekom Sport]], [[Look TV]], [[Look Plus]], WarnerMedia channels ([[Cartoon Network (Central and Eastern Europe)|Cartoon Network]], [[Boomerang (Central and Eastern European TV channel)|Boomerang]])<br/>'''''Often on 16:9''''': TVR channels ([[TVR1|TVR 1]], [[TVR2|TVR 2]], [[TVR3|TVR 3]], [[TVRi]]), PRO channels ([[Pro TV]], [[Pro 2]], [[Pro X]], [[PRO Cinema|Pro Cinema]], [[Pro Gold]], [[PRO.TV Internațional|Pro TV Internațional]])<br/>'''''Always on 4:3 with 16:9 stretched''''': CNM channels ([[Național TV]], [[Național 24 Plus]], [[Favorit TV]]), TVR regional channels ([[TVR Cluj]], [[TVR Craiova]], [[TVR Iași]], [[TVR Tîrgu-Mureș]], [[TVR Timișoara]]), [[Prima TV]].
|-
| {{flag|Russia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|San Marino}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Serbia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Slovakia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Slovenia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Spain}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Switzerland}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| All channels.
|-
|}
===Oceania===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Channel
|-
| {{flag|Australia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Fiji}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|New Zealand}}
| All channels.
|}
===Asia===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Channel
|-
| {{flag|Afghanistan}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| [[SA TV]].
|-
| {{flag|Cambodia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|China}}
| [[China Central Television|CCTV]] channels 1–15, [[CCTV-5+]], all [[China Global Television Network|CGTN]] channels. Older contents in 4:3 and news contents are stretched on SD variants of these channels as stretching on SD channels is common.
|-
| {{flag|Hong Kong}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|India}}
| All HD channels. Most SD channels are still broadcasting in 4:3, either fullscreen or letterboxed.
|-
| {{flag|Indonesia}}
| '''16:9 native'''*''':''' [[Kompas TV]], [[Metro TV (Indonesian TV network)|MetroTV]], [[Trans7]], [[Trans TV]], [[NET (Indonesian TV network)|NET.]], [[TVRI (TV channel)|TVRI]], [[RCTI]], [[GTV (Indonesian TV network)|GTV]], [[MNCTV]], [[iNews]], [[SCTV (TV network)|SCTV]], [[Indosiar]]
'''4:3, upscaled/stretched to 16:9'''**''':''' [[antv]], [[tvOne (Indonesian TV network)|tvOne]], [[RTV (Indonesian TV network)|RTV]]
<small>''*Channels that are primarily broadcast in 16:9 sometimes are filled by 4:3 content which are either stretched or pillarboxed.''</small>
<small>''**These channels are still using 4:3 configuration. Stretched when broadcasting in 16:9 format, including for digital terrestrial television, cable and satellite.''</small>
<small>'''Note:''' Nationwide TV channels listed above are classified according to their original configuration, sorted chronologically according to TV configuration update. Configuration for exclusively digital and local channels are may vary. Local versions of nationwide channels may be different from their national version.</small>
|-
| {{flag|Iran}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Israel}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Japan}}
| Japan pioneered in its analogue HDTV system ([[Multiple sub-Nyquist sampling encoding|MUSE]]) in 16:9 format, started in the 1980s. Currently all main channels have [[digital terrestrial television]] channels in 16:9 while being simulcast in analogue 4:3 format. Many satellite broadcast channels are being broadcast in 16:9 as well.
|-
| {{flag|Jordan}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Lebanon}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Malaysia}}
| All channels.
|-
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
| [[MNB (TV channel)|MNB & MN2]], [[TM Television]], [[TV5 (Mongolia)|TV5]], TV6, [[TV8 (Mongolia)|TV8]], [[Channel 25 (Mongolia)|Channel 25]], Эx Орон, [[Supervision Broadcasting Network|SBN]], [[ETV (Mongolia)|ETV]], [[Mongolian News Channel|MNC]], [[Eagle TV|Eagle News TV]], [[Edutainment TV]], Star TV, [[SPS (Mongolia)|SPS]], [[Sportbox]] and SHUUD TV.
|-
|{{flag|Myanmar}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Nepal}}
| [[Kantipur Television Network]]
[[AP1 TV]]
[[News 24 (Nepal)]]
[[TV Filmy]]
[[Nepal Television]]
|-
| {{flag|Oman}}
| All channels.
|-
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
| All HD channels. Most SD channels are still broadcasting in 4:3, either in fullscreen or letterboxed
|-
|{{flag|Philippines}}
| '''16:9 native'''<sup>*</sup>''':''' [[People's Television Network|PTV]], ANC (both SD and HD)***, [[Kapamilya Channel]] (both SD and HD)***, [[CNN Philippines]], [[One PH]],*** [[One News (TV channel)|One News]]***, [[One Sports+]], [[Hope Channel Philippines]], [[Three Angels Broadcasting Network|3ABN]]''',''' [[Hope International (Seventh-day Adventist)|Hope International]], [[INCTV]], [[Net 25]], [[DZRH News Television]], [[TeleRadyo]], [[Colours (TV channel)|Colours]], all TAP DMV channels ([[TAP TV]], [[TAP Edge]], [[TAP Movies]], [[TAP Action Flix]], [[TAP Sports]], [[Premier Sports (Philippine TV channel)|Premier Sports]], [[Premier Tennis]], and [[Premier Football]]), [[BuKo]], [[NBA TV Philippines]], [[PBA Rush]], [[UAAP Varsity Channel]], [[Golden Nation Network]], [[Metro Channel]]
'''4:3 upscaled/stretched to 16:9'''<sup>**</sup>: [[ETC (Philippine TV channel)|ETC]], [[2nd Avenue (television channel)|2nd Avenue]], all BEAM's subchannels, [[DZOZ-TV|Light Network]], [[UNTV (Philippines)|UNTV]]****, Ang Dating Daan TV, [[SMNI 39|SMNI]], [[TV5 (Philippine TV channel)|TV5]], [[One Sports (TV channel)|One Sports]], [[GMA Network|GMA 7]], [[A2Z (Philippine TV channel)|A2Z]], [[GTV (Philippine TV network)|GTV]], [[Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation|IBC 13]]
<small>''*channels that are squeezed/letterboxed to 4:3 on analog terrestrial transmissions nor no letterbox on widescreen-produced programs.''</small>
<small>''**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.''</small>
<small>''***16:9 versions available on pay-TV services only.''</small>
<small>''****Some programs are aired in true 16:9 formatting''</small>
|-
| {{flag|Qatar}}
| All [[BeIN Sports (Middle East TV channel)|beIN Sports]] channels, [[Al Jazeera]], [[Al Jazeera English]], [[Al Jazeera Mubasher]], [[Qatar TV]] HD, all Alkass channels.
|-
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Singapore}}
| All channels, however 16:9 contents look squashed on older 4:3 sets. Also, all 4:3 contents including news clips are stretched as stretching is common.
|-
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}
| All channels
|-
|{{flag|Syria}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Taiwan}}
| [[Taiwan Television|TTV HD]], [[China Television|CTV HD]], [[Chinese Television System|CTS HD]], [[Formosa Television|FTV HD]], [[Public Television Service|PTS HD]], [[TVBS]].
|-
| {{flag|Thailand}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}}
| All of VTC's channels, [[Vietnam Television|VTV]] channels, [[Ho Chi Minh City Television|HTV]] channels and K+'s channels (selected programmes), most of local channels.
|}
===Americas===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Channel
|-
| {{flag|Argentina}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Barbados}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Bolivia}}
| '''''Always on 16:9''''': PAT, [[Red ATB|ATB]].<br/>''''' Often on 16:9''''': [[Bolivia TV]].
|-
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Canada}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Chile}}
| All channels. Expect [[Telecanal|Telecanal in 4.3 in ident 4:3 letterboxed in commercials]]
|-
| {{flag|Colombia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Costa Rica}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Dominican Republic}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Ecuador}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Jamaica}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| '''''Free-to-air television''''': [[Las Estrellas]], [[FOROtv]], [[Canal 5 (Televisa Network)|Canal 5]], [[Gala TV (Mexico)|NU9VE]], [[Televisa Regional]], [[Azteca Uno]], [[Azteca 7]], [[a+ (television channel)|a+]], [[XHTVM-TDT|adn40]], [[Imagen Televisión]], [[Excélsior|Excélsior TV]], [[Canal Once (Mexico)|Canal Once]], [[XEIMT-TDT|Canal 22]], [[Una Voz con Todos]], [[XHUNAM-TDT|Teveunam]], [[Milenio Televisión]], [[Multimedios Televisión]], [[Teleritmo]], and some local HD stations.
'''''Pay television''''': [[Unicable (Mexican network)|U]], [[Golden (TV channel)|Golden]], [[Golden Edge]], [[TL Novelas]], [[Bandamax]], [[De Película]], [[De Película Clásico]], [[Ritmoson Latino]], [[Televisa Deportes Network|TDN]], [[TeleHit]], [[Distrito Comedia]], [[Tiin]], Az Noticias, Az Clic!, Az Mundo, Az Corazón, Az Cinema, [[52MX]], TVC, [[TVC Deportes]], Pánico, Cinema Platino, Cine Mexicano.
|-
| {{flag|Panama}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Paraguay}}
| Almost all channels on free-to-air television, especially HD feeds (ex.: [[Red Paraguaya de Comunicación|RPC]], NPY, [[Unicanal]], channel 7 HD). SD feeds (usually found on pay television) are usually letterboxed and downscaled to 4:3 (ex.: [[Sistema Nacional de Televisión (Paraguay)|SNT]] & [[Paravisión]]).
|-
| {{flag|Peru}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|United States}}
| All HD channels. SD feeds (usually found on pay television) are usually letterboxed and downscaled to 4:3.
|-
| {{flag|Uruguay}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Venezuela}}
| All channels.
|}
===Africa===
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Channel
|-
| {{flag|Algeria}}
| {{Unbulleted list|[[Public Establishment of Television|Algérie 3]]|[[Echourouk TV]]}}
|-
| {{flag|Angola}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Botswana}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Burkina Faso}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Cameroon}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Cape Verde}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Comoros}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Congo}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Djibouti}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Egypt}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Ethiopia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Gabon}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Ghana}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Ivory Coast}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Kenya}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Lesotho}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Liberia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Libya}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Madagascar}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Malawi}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Mali}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Morocco}}
| All channels except [[2M (TV channel)|2M]].
|-
| {{flag|Mozambique}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Mauritius}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Namibia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Rwanda}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Senegal}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|South Africa}}
| All channels.
|-
|{{flag|Sudan}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Togo}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Tunisia}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Uganda}}
| All channels.
|-
| {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
| All channels.
|}
==See also==
*[[Display aspect ratio]]
*[[High-definition television]]
*[[Display resolution]]
*[[1080p]] / [[1080i]]
*[[24p]]
*[[Aspect ratio (image)#4:3 standard|4:3]]
*[[14:9]]
*[[16:10]]
*[[21:9 aspect ratio|21:9]]
==References==
{{commons category}}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.necdisplay.com/support/css/monitortechguide/index05.htm |publisher=NEC|title=NEC Monitor Technology Guide|access-date=2006-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521000427/http://www.necdisplay.com/support/css/monitortechguide/index05.htm|archive-date=2006-05-21}}
{{Refend}}
[[Category:Picture aspect ratios]]
[[Category:High-definition television]]
[[Category:Ultra-high-definition television]]' |
