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A new, higher aspect-ratio wing design with raked-back wing tips is possible because of the composite wing.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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A new, higher aspect-ratio wing design with raked-back wing tips is possible because of the composite wing.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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You can adjust the color and size of the fonts in Closed Caption, and aspect-ratio controls let you adjust the size and shape of the programs, so widescreen HD broadcasts can appear either as a letterboxed images with black bars above and below the picture, or they can be zoomed and cropped to fill a squarish 4:3 screen.
Philco TB100HH9: A DTV set-top box with analog pass-through 2008
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The new Sony DPF-V900, DPF-V700 and DPF-D70 digital photo frame models have WVGA resolution 800 x 480 pixels along with 15:9 aspect-ratio screens to showcase your digital pictures with detail and clarity.
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I think the aspect-ratio issue is due to lingering paranoia about burn-in; pillarboxed black bars to either side of a 4:3 image displayed to correct aspect on a 16:9 display images would cause burn-in on many older widescreen TVs, especially plasmas.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Problem with New Wide-Gamut LCD Panels 2008
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You can adjust the color and size of the fonts in Closed Caption, and aspect-ratio controls let you adjust the size and shape of the programs, so widescreen HD broadcasts can appear either as a letterboxed images with black bars above and below the picture, or they can be zoomed and cropped to fill a squarish 4: 3 screen.
Philco TB100HH9: A DTV set-top box with analog pass-through 2008
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Portable GPS navigation devices are becoming increasingly available in wide-screen models, providing compelling alternatives to traditional, standard aspect-ratio units.
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As Mr. Mazurkiewicz began discussing postal pricing and aspect-ratio differentials, Mr. Friedman's focus seemed to drift from his shape-based worries.
Don't Be a Square 2007
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Portable GPS navigation devices are becoming increasingly available in wide-screen models, providing compelling alternatives to traditional, standard aspect-ratio units.
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On his way to France, where Armstrong would present a paper (coauthored by Robert Rushworth), he was to stop in England in order to fly the new Handley Page HP-115, a very low aspect-ratio (70-degree leading-edge sweep) research airplane built to investigate the low-speed characteristics of the slender delta, the wing form being considered for the British supersonic transport that evolved into the Anglo-French Concorde.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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