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I think the 16:9 or similar widescreen ratios were orginally developed around 1953 for movies in theaters, to give a wider field of view and to fill up the stage area...it was developed in large part to give movies an extra distinction over the new competetion at that time of television.
In my opinion, like Carmine I think this wide screen ratio is only valuable when there is actually stuff to SEE in that expanded area that matters in terms of the story...for TV and a lot of what is in movies I just think it is not really needed.
Much of the time I have seen a 4:3 image stretched sideways to fit into a 16:9 screen. Maybe there will be 4:3 ratio digital TV's available that give you the ability to crop off the sides of the 16:9 image.
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