Comment on 1366×768px overtakes 1024×768px as the most popular screen resolution worldwideparentComments−jamesbritt14yNote how these are not getting wider; they're only getting shorter.A friend of mine said the term around his house for these HD displays is "short screens."−justincormack14yTV engineers used to call wide screen "fewer lines".−jamesbritt14yI suppose if they reduce the height even more they can call it "ultra-wide".−Zak14ySony made (and may still make) a clamshell PC intended to fit in a coat pocket with a 1600x768 screen. I'm not sure how they marketed that aspect ratio.
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Note how these are not getting wider; they're only getting shorter.
A friend of mine said the term around his house for these HD displays is "short screens."
TV engineers used to call wide screen "fewer lines".
I suppose if they reduce the height even more they can call it "ultra-wide".
Sony made (and may still make) a clamshell PC intended to fit in a coat pocket with a 1600x768 screen. I'm not sure how they marketed that aspect ratio.