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Why isn’t Avatar in 16:9? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was watching Kim Possible, a 16:9 show, which came out in the early 2000s and I was wondering why Avatar would be 4:3 even though it came a few years later?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

It takes years for production companies to change their equipment over for big changes. Keep in mind the change from 4:3 to 16:9 also included a huge jump in resolution and the move to digital media.

Many shows would stay 4:3 till their end.

There where a whole lot of black bars and stretched content for much of the 2000s