YouTube Finally Goes Widescreen, Some Users Not Pleased
New videos added to the site and made specifically for the widescreen (16:9) format look great, but other videos that were uploaded letterboxed to fit the old (4:3) format now have black bars on all sides, leaving them looking rather... small. Unfortunately the site applied this new format to all videos and didn't give an option to users to disable it, meaning every old video posted on the site will have borders. That's unfortunate, so we hope YouTube makes the new widescreen optional in the near future. Regardless, we think this is a good move for YouTube, and it's about time! [From: The YouTube Blog]





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Subscribe to commentsDarkLightNov 25th 2008 9:35PM
Yes it was about time.
People must understand that 4:3 ("normal TV") is a DEAD format. Not used anymore.
New TVs (HDTVs), computer monitors are 16:10 or 16:9 format. It's better. It's closer to the actual aspect ratio of the eyes, so video looks more natural that way.
It's something everyone has to adapt to, like the change from incandescent bulbs to CFLs, and the slowly-kicking-in change from CFLs to LED