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Neywinylast Monday at 6:18 PM1 replyview on HN

Ah like the old MKBHD "screen has an aspect ratio of 18:9. Or 2:1 because I know my fractions"


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fainpulyesterday at 3:06 PM

Or just 2. I like my screen aspect ratios in decimal representation. The "wider" the image, the larger the number. Square would be 1.

It makes it easy to compare ratios: for example the aspect ratio of a movie (say 2.39) to my screen (2.33) and see that I can expect a good fit. My screen is a bit "more square", so there will be slivers of black borders on top and bottom.