I just watched Greyhound with Tom Hanks on my Samsung 65” 8000 series TV and it was in letterbox format, not filling the screen. I just installed the Apple TV+ app and started my new account. Are all shows letterbox? Can I watch this movie full screen? Please advise re picture size and Apple TV+ App.
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The movies and TV shows have the aspect ratio as creatively decided by the film makers, and may differ per production.
How filmmakers use aspect ratios to tell better stories - Nofilmschool.com
“Although it often goes unnoticed, aspect ratio is a crucial element of visual story telling.”
If you can’t appreciate that, and want to overrule it, then your TV or streaming device may have a zoom feature to fill the full height, at the expense of missing a bit of the sides.
It’s a wide screen movie, so yes it’s Letterbox .
What are Letterboxing, Pillarboxing and Windowboxing? - Apple Support
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