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What is variable aspect ratio, What is hdmi, What is variable aspect ratio? what is hdmi – HP LT4200 42 inch Professional LCD HDTV User Manual

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HP HDTV User’s Guide

What is variable aspect ratio?

The aspect ratio describes the relationship of screen

width to screen height. Standard TV signals are based

on an aspect ratio of 4:3 (four units wide by three units

high). HDTV signals are based on an aspect ratio of

16:9, making the image 33 percent wider than a

normal TV, and enabling you to view TV and movies as

if you were watching them in a theater.
In addition, many DVD movies look better on the

widescreen display, because most of the movies made

in the last 50 years were filmed in an aspect ratio of

either 1.85:1 (very close to 16:9, which is equal to

1.78:1) or 2.35:1 (even wider than 16:9).
Variable aspect ratio support enables the scaling of 4:3

and anamorphic video so that the image fills the

screen.

What is HDMI?

High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is the first

industry-supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/

video interface. HDMI components can transmit both

digital audio and video over a single cable, with

improved quality over traditional analog connections

because of an all-digital transmission. Transferring

digital sources such as DVDs and HDTV programming

can now be accomplished without analog conversions

that can degrade the original signal.