28-11-2016 23:42
Just wondering if anyone knows how I can remove the black bands at the top and bottom of my iPad Air 2 screen during movie playback? I have up to date iOS software and I have tried manually enlarging the image without success. The two bands take up about half the screen.
29-11-2016 16:31
29-11-2016 19:03
@Anonymous User
The iPad app will only zoom a 16:9 aspect ratio picture to the iPad's 4:3 full-screen aspect. So widescreen entertainment content and films presented in 16:9 (say, Home Alone 2) will zoom correctly to fill the screen. Other films in a wider aspect, such as The Revenant (2.35:1) will still have black bars top and bottom when zoomed.
This is the best you can get with the NOW TV app I'm afraid, and is probably for the best as zooming wider ratio films such as The Revenant to 4:3 would result in a significant amount of the action to the left and right being cropped completely.
29-11-2016 21:41
Useful info Andy,
many thanks!