Optimal Aspect Ratio

What is the optimal aspect ratio for share pods in Connect? I've logged into two computers to test connect- one as a host and another as a participant. The sizes and shapes of the pods are vastly different from one screen to another (b/c the actual screens are different shapes-one is more square, the other is widescreen). I end up having to adjust the dimensions fairly drastically on the computer I will be hosting the seminar for it to look presentable on the participant computer. Are their any recommendations for optimal aspect ratio to suit all parties?

Do you want to maintain visual parity on both the screens?
Visual experience across different resolutions used to remain consistent till Connect 7.5. But to maintain that Connect had to waste quite a bit of space from bottom-left side of the screen.
So, to avoid that wastage of space, Connect now occupies all the available space and allots it to each pod proportionally. Then each pod lays out it's content according to what seems fit. e.g. chat pod, notes pod, etc would re-flow the content to occupy all possible space. But share pod tries to maintain visual parity across all clients and hence has to resort to letter-boxing of pillar-boxing.
As a result, over-all screen space utilization get increased (as wastage of space is now done on pod-type-basis. Look and feel wise, the whole meeting room would not be consistent. But there should not be any drop in quality of content viewing.
So, all that being said, do you feel that viewing experience of the presentation across resolution is worse than previous version of Connect? (Personally, I had to break out of the comfort zone...and now feel that the new way is better).

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Hi Nick...thanks for taking the time to reply to my question.
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What you have there is a mess.
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