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In television technology, widescreen signaling (WSS) is a digital stream embedded in the TV signal describing qualities of the broadcast, in particular the intended aspect ratio of the image. This can be used by a widescreen TV to switch to the correct display mode.
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Rolling out gradually to Facebook users, the social network is launching a new version of the photo viewer that allows pictures to be displayed at a significantly larger resolution than previous designs. On a typical 15″ laptop, pictures display as large as 960 pixels wide and 720 pixels tall. After the user clicks on a photo, the new interface launches and covers the entire screen with the ... - Widescreen wonders: Arizona’s 100 years of statehood
The Arizona Capitol knows its place in the world. Poised 17 blocks west of downtown Phoenix, it might be an extra from a cowboy film. Just outside its main entrance, a huge cactus – 15ft high, torso a muscular green – lifts arms in salute. And the building seems to respond, nodding back via a dome that, unlike those of its colleagues in New England, with their sleek marble masonry, is forged of ... - Widescreen Sony television and two Tissot watches amongst items stolen in Wroxham burglary
A widescreen television, two watches, two digital cameras and jewellery were taken during a burglary in Wroxham. - Vizio's New 58-inch 3D HDTV Gets Rid of Widescreen Black Bars
Vizio is introducing a widescreen 3D HDTV with a 21:9 aspect ratio. - Vizio's Widescreen 3D TV: Plenty of Features, Little to Watch
Vizio has unveiled a 58-inch 3D widescreen HDTV with a 21:9 aspect ratio -- far more than the standard 16:9 ratio HDTVs use. Users can set the TV to upscale 16:9 content to fill the screen. The sale price for this set will start at US$3,500 -- that includes four pairs of 3D glasses. - Vizio Shipping 58-Inch, 21:9 Widescreen HDTV in March
Vizio's new CinemaWide HDTV will offer 21:9 aspect ratio when it hits stores in March. - Wanted: a laptop without a widescreen
Richard Laws needs to replace his old-style laptop and would rather have something with a 4:3 ratio screen than a 16:9 widescreen model I suspect I know what your answer will be, but does anyone still make a laptop with a 4:3 aspect ratio screen? My six-year-old 14.1in Toshiba is starting to fail. Other than browsing and email, it's used almost entirely for text and spreadsheet work. The extra ... - Vizio's CinemaWide 58-inch 3D HDTV priced at $3,499, but who's buying?
Vizio is taking a chance that there’s a set of TV buyers who is looking to recreate the ultra-widescreen experience of the movie theater in its living rooms. The company introduced its new CinemaWide set, which uses a 21:9 aspect ratio instead of the 16:9 aspect ratio of conventional HDTVs, at CES last month, and [...] - A Gorgeous Cinemascope Time Capsule of San Francisco in 1955
This beautifully shot amateur film by Tullio Pellegrini captures the city on the bay in vibrant, widescreen color. - Sony PlayStation Vita Review: Beautiful, Expensive and Worth It
The PlayStation Vita is Sony’s biggest gamble yet — a pricey, piano-black, hockey-rink-shaped gaming handheld tricked out with dual joysticks, motion and touch controls and a gorgeous widescreen aimed unapologetically at serious gamers.
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