We need a new term for widescreen

[Silver Spork]

I have seen some confusion lately where the use of the term “full screen” was being used in connotation with the 16:9 ratio instead of 4:3 ratio. This means that now some people consider 16:9 to be wide screen and some consider it to be full screen, which leads to much confusion when discussing aspect ratios. I propose that we in the blu-ray community be the ones to solve this problem by renaming one of the aspect ratios.

The way ratios are currently named:

4:3 - Full Screen

16:9 - Full Screen or Wide Screen

2.35:1 - Wide Screen

I propose the following two examples

4:3 - Full Screen

16:9 - Wide Screen

2.35:1 - Uber-Wide Screen

or

4:3 - Boxy Screen

16:9 - Full Screen

2.35:1 - Wide Screen

I can’t wait to hear some of the ideas that the community here will have. Let us push forward and the confusion.