Reflecting the growing popularity of content shot in the 16:9 aspect ratio, YouTube expands the viewable width of all videos that appear on the site. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News.

Youtube announced on their blog that we would notice a fair drastic enhancement to our YouTube viewing experience. On visiting the site, we would now (by default) be able to view video in widescreen ...

To anyone whose YouTube pages started to look strange today, you’re not alone: with little fanfare, the site pushed a change that now adapts its video player to match the aspect ratio of your content.

We found it a bit odd that the thumbnails in YouTube’s search results are now in a widescreen format. Could YouTube be preparing for a jump to widescreen video? Explore more on these topics Share this ...

"Bigger Isn't Always Better... But in This Case, We Believe It Is", says the YouTube team who yesterday announced the launch of its widescreen player. The hugely-popular video-sharing website has had ...

As a film snob, I’ve long maintained that buying a fullscreen version of a movie is little better than stacking all your money into neat little piles in order to build a fort and then using that fort ...