Hanson, S., & Manchester University Press. (2019). From silent screen to multi-screen: A history of cinema exhibition in britain since 1896. Manchester University Press. By the end of the 1980s many of the features of the cinema were beginning to find their way into the domestic sphere. The traditional television screen format of 4:3 ratio began to be supplemented by the 16:9 widescreen format, which was able to show many feature films without the need for cropping (known as ‘pan and scan’). Many manufacturers are now offering back-projection, plasma and LCD (liquid crystal display) television sets with screen sizes of up to 60 inches, which offer substantially improved picture quality and clarity. Two-channel stereo has given way to five, six and seven-channel surround sound, such as Dolby Digital and Dynamic Theater Sound (DTS). These developments, coupled with the advent of digital broadcast technology, as typified by Sky Digital, cable and Freeview digital services, offer the p...