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Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV
The "natural" view area of two eyes is closer to the 16:9 aspect ratio of HDTV and HD DVDs than to the shape of a round CRT.
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Yep. The Japanese did studies on the best frame shape for HDTV, and came up with 15x9 IIRC, later modified to 16x9 for mathematical elegance and because that was the middle of the various movie formats.
Most paintings are slightly rectangular, like maybe 1.2:1 or 1:1.2. A tall oval frame makes an elegant portrait. I wonder if round/oval paintings would be more common if round canvases and frames were easier/cheaper to make?