The display's aspect ratio and the pixel aspect ratio are two different things. Especially when dealing with LCDs, the pixels are usually about 5:4 ratio, since they are made up of 3 sub-pixels (R,G,B). That's also partly why TV-output is a little fuzzy, since the image must be scaled proportionally to fit the TV screen, so pixels no longer have a 1:1 ratio.
All this to say, if they say it's a 16:9 panel, then it's a 16:9 panel no matter what the resolution is. You could build a 16:9 panel that runs in 320x200, you'd just have really wide pixels.
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The display's aspect ratio and the pixel aspect ratio are two different things. Especially when dealing with LCDs, the pixels are usually about 5:4 ratio, since they are made up of 3 sub-pixels (R,G,B). That's also partly why TV-output is a little fuzzy, since the image must be scaled proportionally to fit the TV screen, so pixels no longer have a 1:1 ratio.
All this to say, if they say it's a 16:9 panel, then it's a 16:9 panel no matter what the resolution is. You could build a 16:9 panel that runs in 320x200, you'd just have really wide pixels.