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Originally Posted by bgadow
Ampico, that test pattern photo likely would have engineers at some of Zenith's competitors rolling on the floor laughing! One thing, it takes a lot of weight off all the actors. I have the pic on my porthole stretched so that I lose more of the sides so that the ratio is more correct.
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Yet the buyers at that time probably didn't know or care about the aspect ratio, just that they had a bigger picture, the same way people today don't understand letterboxing, though that's less of an issue now that 16:9 is becoming the norm.
Now the gripe is about the bars on the sides.
