16:9 aspect ratio
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16:9 is a widescreen aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9 units.
Once seen as exotic,[1] since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for televisions and computer monitors, and is also the universal standard image format for the universal FHD (1920x1080p) format.
16:9 or "sixteen-nine" is the universal widescreen standard format [2] and Wide-aspect Clear-vision.[3] Japan's Hi-Vision originally started with a 15:9 ratio but converted when the international standards group introduced the wider ratio 16:9. Many digital video cameras have the capability to record in 16:9, and it's the only widescreen aspect ratio natively supported by Blu-ray Disc. It is also the native aspect ratio of the Blu-ray Disc, but Blu-ray Disc producers can also choose to show even a wider ratio such as 18:9 within the 16:9 frame adding Letterbox black bars within the image itself.[citation needed]