Aspects
There are all these shows and movies that depict a future timeline, and they all try to show computers as being futuristic while completely missing the mark[0].
That's fine. One thing that I find absolutely remarkable about them all, though, is that they almost invariably use a 4:3 aspect ratio for their screens. Even if they have wide-ass screens, they are often still composed of 4:3 screens. Even if they DIDN'T EVEN USE REAL SCREENS for them.
These days, 4:3 screens are becoming rare. Everyone's all 16:9 or 16:10, with 16:9 seeming to be becoming the more common one, even on computers where 16:10 has generally been the more common widescreen format.
[0] I assume. Some of these still happen in the future, so maybe 4:3 will become popular again. I would be perfectly happy to see 1:1. Square things make me happy. Remember when non-square pixels were particularly common?
That's fine. One thing that I find absolutely remarkable about them all, though, is that they almost invariably use a 4:3 aspect ratio for their screens. Even if they have wide-ass screens, they are often still composed of 4:3 screens. Even if they DIDN'T EVEN USE REAL SCREENS for them.
These days, 4:3 screens are becoming rare. Everyone's all 16:9 or 16:10, with 16:9 seeming to be becoming the more common one, even on computers where 16:10 has generally been the more common widescreen format.
[0] I assume. Some of these still happen in the future, so maybe 4:3 will become popular again. I would be perfectly happy to see 1:1. Square things make me happy. Remember when non-square pixels were particularly common?
posted by Mike Burke at
7:32 PM
2 Comments:
I also enjoy that most of the computers on the classic Star Trek sounded totally mechanical.
By
Keith, at November 06, 2010 4:27 AM
Yes. Like modern computers.
By
Mike Burke, at November 07, 2010 3:49 PM
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