I get that movie theater screens are wider and most movies are made for theaters, but why are many tv-series and movies in some ultra wide format, that leaves black bars on top and bottom of home televisions, even when they are released straight into some streaming service or tv channel?
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Short answer: stylistic choice.
Fun detail: widescreen tvs are 16:9. That aspect ratio actually isn’t a film format. It was a compromise between 4:3 and 2.66:1 (ultra wide negative. Usually printed in 2.39:1 – 2.35:1). A 16:9 screen would show bars for both aspect ratios.
Nowadays a lot of tv is shot in NEARLY 16:9. A lot of content still has tiny black bars. But most people don’t notice that.
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