Movies with an aspect ratio 2.40:1, 2.39:1 or 2.35:1 have even huger black bars than they normally would. On a 16:9 display I would usually crop the movie to fit the screen and it wouldn't be so bad missing the edges of the movies but on a 16:10 display you lose to much from the edges so I have to put up with the giant black bars. Movies with 1.85:1 aspect ratios look ok though on the macbook pro.
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would anyone else prefer a screen of 16:9 aspect ratio instead of 16.10?
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That's an awfully expensive portable DVD player.
I'm glad Apple has bucked the trend of going to 16:9 laptop displays since I use my MBP for work purposes, where 180 pixels of vertical screen real estate is actually useful.
I'm glad Apple has bucked the trend of going to 16:9 laptop displays since I use my MBP for work purposes, where 180 pixels of vertical screen real estate is actually useful.
Sadly a lot of people use their Macs for other stuff than film watching too, therefore the added vertical height (as it is now) can be quite good.
Btw, many could live with black bars when watching a 2.35:1 film on a 4:3 TV, though many still seem to object black bars, which I don't mind, therefore I don't quite understand.
Btw, many could live with black bars when watching a 2.35:1 film on a 4:3 TV, though many still seem to object black bars, which I don't mind, therefore I don't quite understand.
No. It's a portable computer, not a $2000 DVD player.
Vertical height rules all. I'd rather have a 4:3 laptop truth be told. The 14" 1400x1050 screen on my ten year old Dell was most excellent. Unfortunately the maximum 512MB RAM was becoming a bit of an issue by 2005!
Vertical height rules all. I'd rather have a 4:3 laptop truth be told. The 14" 1400x1050 screen on my ten year old Dell was most excellent. Unfortunately the maximum 512MB RAM was becoming a bit of an issue by 2005!
Filling a 16:10 screen with a 2.35:1 movie...my god, that's like butchering a movie. You're losing about half the pixels, you may as well go back to VHS.
Like the rest before me, I do not like the 16:9 ratio but I'm sure that once Apple introduces a redesign of the MBP line, they'll definitely take the opportunity to switch from the current 16:10 ratio to the 16:9 ratio. 
In the words of Buzz Lightyear: "You are a sad, strange, little man... and you have my pity.".
Nah, just go to the Cinema and see it properly.
15" screens can never do a decent movie justice.
that is soo true. if you are going to watch a movie, watch it on your 16:9 TV. For the off chance that you want to watch a movie on the go on your macbook pro, a 16:10 screen isn't THAT bad. no need to wreck a nice ratio just for a movie.
my last computer was 16:9 and I always felt so cramped on it. You had to scroll down on everything. I would rather have little black bars and more space to work.