How can I get AirPlay mirroring to fill widescreen? It works automatically for apps built for apple tv, but not Hulu Plus, for example, which letterboxes.

ok the experiment is over

macbook cabled to sony tv: display resolution set to 1080 p

hulu plus via safari

tv old: night gallery - top to bottom 4" on either side

tv new: new girl - top to bottom, side to side

movie 1972 ruling class: top to bottom 1" on either side

apple tv setting tv: resolution to automatic

hulu plus ipad application

tv old: night gallery - top to bottom 4" on either side

tv new: new girl - as above

movie 1972 ruling class: - as above

hulu plus via Safari

as above - top to bottom 4" on either side

did not bother with setting to 720p

apple tv needs a 1080 resolution setting

I think we are out of luck with hulu plus.

I believe it promises and will deliver non HD through its application

and i cannot fool it by using safari.

That said I was watching older tv: angel , night gallery

so it was only 4:3 to begin with.

when I use my cable tv system (macbook cabled to sony tv)

the display allows a 1080p choice.

the best that apple tv offers is 720p

will check again and let you know if the cable system was somehow better.

We've been watching Hulu Plus on our tv with mirroring on my iPad 2 and it works great. Both of my HD TVs have a zoom buttom on the remote. I hit that zoom in button twice and hulu plus fills 98% of the screen, no image gets cut off, and the picture quality actually still looks like it should. It's a little bit of a bummer to have to hit that zoom button before and after using mirroring, but it works great and I just get in the habit of doing it if I want to mirror.

I would assume most new tv's have the zoom feature, as both of mine do. One's a 5 or 6 yr old 37" Vizio and ones a newer 47" Vizio, if that helps!

I just watched a video on YouTube with someone else using Hulu plus via airplay successfully. They had different transport controls on their screen including the standard airplay button. And that filled the screen, when I try to play Hulu plus I do not get the airplay icon, I have to mirror it and it does not fill the screen there are black bars and it looks terrible.

Guys. Let's not get confused here.

-AirPlay mirroring feature 'mirrors' what's on your iPad 2 or above or your iPhone 4s on to your big TV via the Apple TV black box.

-Video apps that stream video (like native YouTube app) uses AirPlay which is different to mirroring.

-When you use the 'mirror' feature you get black bars all around (left/right & top/bottom)

-There are Games that use the full screen via the AirPlay mirroring feature and there are games that don't. It depends on the Game. For example download Asphalt 7:Heat and you'll notice you get widescreen display on the big TV but if you play Batman or Max Payne or others that don't support AirPlay mirroring then it you get black bars left and right.

-What's neat about the AirPlay mirror feature is that when you play Asphalt 7 with 'mirroring' set to on, the race is shown on the TV while your iPad shows something completely different (the route in real time with your rear view mirror)

-The Apple iPhoto app on your iPhone 4s or iPad 2/3 with AirPlay mirroring feature on you get a different experience. All of a sudden it goes full screen, and you are presented with their iPhoto logo.

-Those who have the first generation iPad don't have mirroring capabilities so the Asphalt 7:Heat games feature aren't available or the iPhoto app features. With iPad 1 you can only stream video or music or image slideshow (which all stream full screen). iPad 2 and iPad 3 can also do this but with the added benefit of 'mirorring' what is displayed on the iPad screen. Some apps take advantage of this, some don't.

There are no special setting on Apple TV to get rid of the black bars. You may be able to change the zoom settings on your actual big TV.

Hopefully this will clear this all up. I have the iPad 1 and recently upgraded to the new iPad 3. I also have an iPhone 4s. Same issues.

I don't think the AirPlay 'mirror' feature has developed fully yet. It has it's limitations but also has its advantages.

I have the same question, did you find a solution?

Same question. I tried rotating the iPad2 [you never know 😝] but that did not help.

I would to mirror the iPad bigger than it does.

my wife disputes my experiment

1080 and 720 are resolution measures

16:9 and 4:3 are different measures

I obviously do not know why the ipad only outputs 4:3