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Widescreen in square units

16:9 (or widescreen) is the ratio with the width of 16 units by the height of 9 units.

In the early 21st century, widescreen became the conventional video aspect ratio for HDTV, SDTV, and computer monitors and it is often used in smartphone screens.

References[change]

"A Brief Review on HDTV in Europe in the early 90's | LIVE-PRODUCTION.TV". www.live-production.tv.