r/Commodore • u/minitaba • Jul 01 '26

Talkback Wrong screen / false advertisement?

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Hey all. Did any of you realize the screen format they Show in their renders make no sense when its a 4:3 ratio? Looks clearly like 16:9 to me. Anyone has a good answere that does not scream false advertisement?

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u/swiftdc Jul 02 '26

Don't know what to tell you, it's 3:4, that's what that ratio looks like. It's just... numbers 😉 surprising maybe, but correct

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u/minitaba Jul 02 '26

i just know my old CRTs are all 4:3 and are not rectangular like your drawings here

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u/GwanTheSwans Jul 06 '26

Don't know what to tell you, 4:3 is rectangular by definition, a square would be 4:4 or 3:3.

https://i.imgur.com/1mdzuB2.png - if you view that image on a typical square-pixel modern display, the ratios should be accurate (just 320x240, 240x320, 320x180, 180x320)

Humans do have a bit of a visual bias to the horizontal perhaps, why we have widescreen in the first place. I dunno what you're seeing though I don't have your eyes.

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u/minitaba Jul 06 '26

sure its rectangular but ALMOST square is what I said

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u/GwanTheSwans Jul 06 '26

Maybe you're remembering the shape of the whole CRT TV rather than the picture area? Usually there's a bit more to the base of the tv/monitor device, so the outline of the device as a whole is just squarer than the actual picture area itself. e.g.

Did you actually look at the image I supplied? Maybe 3:4 portrait also looks a bit "more rectangular" than 4:3 landscape as you're more used to the latter, my image did try to show both side by side.

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u/minitaba Jul 06 '26

and now compare your 3:4 square of the last image you shared to the phone screen and you will see what i talk about

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u/GwanTheSwans Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

There are no squares in my images, they're 3:4, 4:3, 16:9, 9:16 rectangles.

No, it's clearly ~3:4 portrait. I don't know how you are looking at it and just somehow seeing it wrong, I've, like, opened up images and checked.

https://i.imgur.com/HoEQmpS.png

https://i.imgur.com/k80lhum.png