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Hi,
I’m looking to start plugging my iPad Pro into my monitor through USB-C, and I wondered if it would lose the edges of display on all size monitors. Also if I were to go full screen on a YouTube video, would it be able to fill the monitor screen, or would it remain the standard size of the iPad?
Thank you!
iPad Pro, iPadOS 13
Mirroring your iPad display to an external monitor will preserve the iPad aspect ratio. Viewing video from a video player App, such as YouTube, should display the video content in its native aspect ratio and resolution.
Put another way - when Mirroring your iPad display to an external monitor, expect to see black bars to infill where the iPad screen doesn’t match the monitor screen - whereas 16:9 video content will fill the screen of most 16:9 monitors.
One caveat, some monitors have settings that attempt to “stretch” the display content to match the aspect ratio of the display. This feature, if present, can introduce distortion (e.g., “people” develop strange proportions - such as short and wide).
I hope this explanation and clarification is helpful to you.
Mirroring your iPad display to an external monitor will preserve the iPad aspect ratio. Viewing video from a video player App, such as YouTube, should display the video content in its native aspect ratio and resolution.
Put another way - when Mirroring your iPad display to an external monitor, expect to see black bars to infill where the iPad screen doesn’t match the monitor screen - whereas 16:9 video content will fill the screen of most 16:9 monitors.
One caveat, some monitors have settings that attempt to “stretch” the display content to match the aspect ratio of the display. This feature, if present, can introduce distortion (e.g., “people” develop strange proportions - such as short and wide).
I hope this explanation and clarification is helpful to you.
Thank you that helps a lot!
So essentially when I’m on say the home screen of my iPad there will most likely be black bars on the monitor. But if I click on YouTube and play video, it will adjust by itself, and potentially fill the screen more.
If i was to zoom in on a photo on my iPad would it also remain the iPad aspect ratio or would it fill the monitor screen?
Thank you so much!
You’ve essentially got it.
As to your second point, no. Zooming-in on an onscreen image, on your iPad, doesn’t alter the image size - this is obviously constrained by the iPad screen. When mirroring the iPad screen to another monitor, you are mirroring exactly what you can see on the viewable area of the iPad screen, the dimensions of which do not change.
Displaying iPad Pro on a Monitor
