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Ever wondered why some videos look stretched or squeezed on different screens? It's not just your display acting weird — it’s about aspect ratios. Let’s break down the three main types you should know:

🎯 1. Display Aspect Ratio (DAR) This is the physical shape of your screen — width vs height.

✅ A 16:9 screen is 16 units wide and 9 units tall. 🎬 Most TVs, monitors, and LED walls today follow this format.

So next time you’re watching Netflix, thank DAR for that cinematic view.

🧩 2. Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR) PAR is all about the shape of individual pixels.

📏 Some screens use square pixels, others use rectangular ones. 🔄 If the pixels aren’t square, your video might look oddly stretched.

Fixing the PAR ensures your image isn’t warped, especially when editing or streaming.

💾 3. Storage Aspect Ratio (SAR) SAR refers to the resolution — like 1920×1080.

💡 It tells us how many pixels there are across and down. 🖥️ It’s what your video player reads to play back correctly.

Match SAR to DAR + PAR, and everything stays sharp and clean.

👀 Why It Matters Understanding aspect ratios helps you avoid:

🤯 Distorted videos

🎥 Wrongly formatted content

📽️ Editing nightmares

Whether you're a video creator, display tech, or just a media lover — DAR, PAR, and SAR are your new best friends.

We sometimes get bored with the same display screen and look for ways to change it. But, you can change your resolution easily in Windows 11. Changing the resolution means increasing the overall quality of the display. Windows 11 enables users to change the resolution as other versions of Windows in the past. In this blog, you will get to know how to change the resolution in Windows 10.

Steps to Adjust Screen Resolution on Windows 11

You can easily adjust the screen resolution in Windows 11. Just go to the right side of the desktop and check the below pointers.

Click right on any empty spot on the screen.

Press the Display Settings.

If this doesn’t open the Display icon of settings, search and press Display in the menu settings. You can see the Display icon near the top.

Now, go down and see the Scale and Layout section.

Choose the dropdown next to Display resolution and choose the screen resolution settings you wish to use.

After changing the screen resolution, you can change how you see icons and open windows on the screen.

We will recommend you change the settings on a clean version of the desktop and ensure you close down and open apps and browsers.

Steps to get 1920 X 1080 Resolution in Windows 11

If your system is not defaulting to  1080P resolution automatically in Windows 11. You can change it by going to the settings manually. But, your system should support that resolution before you make any change. If your system supports, 1280 X 720 will not support 1920 X 1080 as it doesn’t support high resolution. Just follow the below pointers and open the display settings and change the resolution.

Press the Windows icon on the taskbar.

Now, search the Settings app and choose it.

Press the Display icon and open the display settings.

Go down until you see Scale and Layout.

Finally, choose 1920 X 1080 from the drop-down menu that appears on the right side of the system.

Steps to get 1920 X 1080 Resolution on 1366 X 768 Display

If you have a display that automatically sets the resolution at 1366 X 768, your chance to update the resolution to 1920 X 1080 is very low. Your display doesn’t support 1920 X 1080 resolution. If you use third-party software like Custom Resolution Utility to change the resolution, then some items and text may become unreadable.

It is important to note that if Windows 11 doesn’t receive a full release, the third-party applications will not be able to set the resolution on the system.

Steps to Change Display Resolution using Settings

You can also change display resolution with the help of settings. You only need to follow the below pointers.

Open the Settings on your system.

Press the System on the left side of the screen.

If you have connected more than one display to your system, choose the display that you wish to change the resolution for.

Choose the resolution that you need in the Display resolution that appears on the right side of the screen.

Press the Keep changes icon if the chosen resolution looks fine.

Once you have finished, close the Settings if you like.

Conclusion

If you want to change your system’s resolution, you can easily do that. We sometimes want to change the display resolution of our system but can’t do that because our system doesn’t support that resolution. You can change the display resolution in Windows 11 very easily.

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The first TVs sets appeared in the US back in 1929. Unfortunately, the size of their screen did not exceed the postage stamp. More modern models appeared in Europe only in 1942. But further evolution was rapid. The development of digital technology has further accelerated this process. Today the market offers flat, large, ultra-contrast, curved, smart, etc. models. Of course, this is accompanied by the complication of choosing the optimal TV. Of course, technical characteristics can simplify this task.

Diagonal

The screen size affects the viewing distance. Previously, experts recommended the optimal distance as 3-4 diagonals, later - 2-3 diagonals. Of course, this value is subjective and depends on the individual features of vision, content, screen resolution and other factors. For example, too small screen does not reproduce the small details of the image, but too large a screen is inconvenient for the perception of the whole scene and requires an increase in the viewing distance. Nevertheless, the Internet offers many calculation algorithms that you can use when choosing a model. One of them is given in the table. In any case, the dimensions of the TV should correspond to the room area.

Screen resolution

In a simplified form, this is the number of pixels on the screen. As known, pixels form an image. Accordingly, the image clarity is directly proportional to the number of pixels. Today, the market offers TVs with the following resolution. HD, 1366 * 768 pixels. Of course, these models are obsolete, but it's still used in budget models with a small diagonal. Screen with a diagonal of 52 or more inches displays an image of 1366 * 768 pixels as a collection of squares that, of course, reduces the pleasure of viewing. Therefore, today HD resolution is mainly used in TVs with a screen up to 24 inches. Full HD, 1920 * 1080 pixels. Today it's the most popular format because of very good price / quality ratio. Therefore, most of the media content is made in Full HD or HD resolution. UltraHD or 4K, 3840 * 2160 pixels. Unfortunately, today this resolution is only available in the models of the upper price segment. It provides maximum image clarity even for very small frame elements. Discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of Full HD and 4K models is quite active. The most common arguments in favor of Full HD: - high cost of 4K models; - offer of 4K-content is limited; - visualization of the advantages of 4K-resolution is noticeable at a distance of up to 32 inches, which is inconvenient for viewing. Of course, the final decision depends on the individual's preferences.

Type of matrix

Today, the market offers LCD/LED and OLED matrices. Unfortunately for many, plasma TVs are no longer produced.

LCD LED TVs

LEDs generate radiation, and liquid crystals partially or completely close the light source, forming a certain shade of color. These TVs use DirectLED or EdgeLED. DirectLED is located behind the matrix, and the LEDs in EdgeLED are positioned along the contour of the screen. EdgeLED uses a sophisticated reflector system that dissipates light throughout the display surface. Of course, this technology is cheaper, but it provides a less even distribution of light across the screen. Today many companies develop this direction, considering it more promising compared to OLED technology. PROS: - low price; - these models are very light and thin with minimal power consumption; - high brightness; - long service life; - good prospects for improving image quality due to new technologies (backlight on quantum dots, etc.). CONS: - low playback quality of black (gray or violet shades in black fragments of the frame); - relatively large response time sometimes creates an image plume in highly dynamic scenes; - distortion of color and contrast at an angle due to a relatively small viewing angle.

OLED TVs

Of course, these models are the most modern. They form an image with the help of matrix with organic LEDs that use light-emitting organic materials. Each LED independently emits light and does not require a backlight. Therefore, such screens are very thin and provide excellent playback of deep black color due to unlimited contrast. In fact, it creates the completely black dot on the screen when turned off. PROS: - perfect playback of deep black; - almost unlimited contrast and excellent color rendering; - wide viewing angles; - very low input lag. CONS: - high price; - reduced image quality in bright light. Of course, today the Internet in abundance offers various tests of image quality assessment of OLED, QLED and LED models. But, they are very individual and can differ significantly for different people. The video from LG at the end of this article demonstrates one of comparative tests between LG-LOEWE OLED vs QLED vs SONY LED - Santorini.

Screen refresh rate

The frequency characterizes the number of image updates in 1 second and is measured in Hz. But the human eye perceives no more than 60 Hz. 120 Hz is more comfortable for 3D video (60 Hz for each eye).

TV Sound

Thin lightweight body of modern TVs is not suitable for a powerful audio system. Therefore, most models provide a medium-quality sound. Of course, it's quite enough for television, but the home theater requires the purchase of a separate audio system.

Smart TV

Smart TV uses an operating system with built-in apps to view content from YouTube and other sources. The TV connects to the Internet via a Wi-Fi or cable with RJ-45 connector. Sony and Philips use Android TV, LG works on webOS, and Samsung - on OS Tizen.

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