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Originally Posted by mi_canuck
720 x 480 is 1.5:1... if converted to 16:9 it would look stretched... other phones are probably cropping to fit to 16:9
720/480 = 1.5 not much you can do about that...
720 x 405 would be true 16:9....
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Thanks, but with all respect, what you say is not quite right. The 720 x 480 statistic is just the pixel dimensions; it does not tell you by itself the target aspect ratio for display. Some compact cameras record in 720 x 480 with a 16:9 target display dimension; the HD Lite video taken by the Panasonic ZS3 is an example of this. The 16:9 display ratio is accomplished not by cropping, but by squeezing the recorded image so that when the pixels are stretched by an instruction to display at 16:9 the dimensions are as they should be. My question is why Google didn't have the Nexus One record in the same fashion. Anyone know?