Pixel is the smallest element that can be displayed on a screen. It is nothing but a dot on the screen. The clusters of these dots light up together to form a picture on the display. Now, let us start ...

What should a tablet look like? Or, put another way (since a tablet is basically a portable, touchable display): What should a tablet’s dimensions be? Whatever you’re picturing, it’s probably not what ...

To get your widescreen monitor to display with the proper aspect ratio, the most vivid colors and the sharpest possible picture, it's important to set it to its optimal display resolution. In most ...

Now that LG has launched the G6 we have a couple of new phrases to add to our vocabularies, “18:9 aspect ratio” and “FullVision”. So what is an aspect ratio? What is 18:9? Why isn’t it called a 2:1 ...

Most of the major smartphones of spring have been announced, and we noticed something curious. The LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8 are both rocking big displays with an aspect ratio larger than the 16:9 ...

16:9, 4:3, 2.0:1, 2.35:1 – so many numbers, so little time. Here’s what they all mean. Aspect Ratio is a term that defines the shape or relative dimensions of a still image, film or video content. It ...

Reflecting the growing popularity of content shot in the 16:9 aspect ratio, YouTube expands the viewable width of all videos that appear on the site. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News.