Apple tv1 projecting wide bars on sides of picture.
iPad Air, iOS 12
If you are AirPlay Screen Mirroring form an iPad, then you are projecting a 4:3 source on a 16:9 output, introducing side pillars as the best way to handle that. But the aspect ratio of the content should stay intact: circles stay circular.
Are you certain about the model Apple TV? If it is a 4" black box, then it is at least 2nd generation.
model 1625A Apple TV suddenly has wide bars on sides of screen ??
I have been streaming for years using same iOS devices and same Apple TV. Suddenly I have side bars ?..
There are two types of AirPlay. Basic AirPlay as provided by each app, or Screen Mirroring.
Some apps will “forward” the video stream to the Apple TV (basic AirPlay), not screen mirroring but just send the video as-is.
Other apps do not have this auto-switching, and when they stream, they must mirror the iPad screen as-is, 4:3 onto 16:9.
Some content may be 4:3 as source material (e.g. TV shows from before circa 1990). That again will project 4:3 onto 16:9, causing side bars.
If neither applies to your AirPlay streaming, then verify with a different TV.
Apple TV 1 — rather suddenly I have wide bars on sides scrunching the picture.
