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		jamesbritt on April 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1366×768px overtakes 1024×768px as the most popula... 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."

justincormack on April 11, 2012 [–]

TV engineers used to call wide screen "fewer lines".

jamesbritt on April 12, 2012 | [–]

I suppose if they reduce the height even more they can call it "ultra-wide".

Zak on April 13, 2012 | | [–]

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.

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