widescreen 1.85:1 versus 16:9

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I am considering screen format 16:9 or 1,85:1 for a room with low ceiling height.
A 45"x80" 16:9 screen or a 47"x87" widescreen is my choice.
I want maximum wide screen and placing center loudspeaker just below screen. And I do want the center loudspeaker to be about 45" up from the floor, so actors voices are resonable high up.
It seems to me that widescreen is the best choice for varying formats, because you get the biggest picture for film.
A cinema change the screen width, not the height.
But 16:9 screens seems the standard. Why?
On DVD, how big a percentage of movies are in widescreen 1.85:1, how many are wider out of total?

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Topic - widescreen 1.85:1 versus 16:9 - Ole Lund Christensen 12:22:05 07/15/06 (3)

Numbers of 1.85 vs 2.35 etc.. - Elizabeth 06:08:29 07/18/06 (0)

widescreen - Joe Murphy Jr 18:05:20 07/15/06 (1)

Re: widescreen - rico 08:29:08 07/16/06 (0)

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