Looks like Apple has some ’splaining to do. Seems the iPhone isn’t going to be a conformist anytime soon. Apple is using a proprietary 1.5:1 aspect ratio for video playback as opposed to the normal 16:9 widescreen mode. Why would Apple do this when even their own AppleTV uses 16:9?
Movies aren’t going to look horrible or anything like that, but those hoping for a “true widescreen iPod” are going to be disappointed. It sucks, but don’t let it get you down. After all, do you really want to spend three hours watching a movie on a cellphone?
iPhone’s downsized wide screen [Crave]
I dont plan on buying the iphone (the first revision anyways) or watch movies on it if I did, but this still pisses me off. I wish that in this day and age comapnies would move closer towards standardized formats rather than doing wack things like this. I don’t really see any reason for them to pick this ratio: anyone have ideas?