16:10 - Aspect Ratio - Wide Format

1.0 to 1.6 or 16:10 – The 16:10 aspect ratio (aka. 8:5) is the most popular aspect ratio for the latest WXGA or WUXGA notebooks and has largely surpassed 4:3 in popularity by gaining up to 90% of that market in 2008. As of late 2012 however, the 16:10 has been losing market share to 16:9 (HDTV) as it is the latter is the typical format of today’s tv programming and video games. Choose the 16:10 screen if you use a native wide screen notebook as your media player or a wide format XGA (UXGA) projector.