Black bars when AirPlay Mirroring

I have an LH 55" TV that I've connected my 3rd Gen AppleTV to via HDMI. I have the resolution set at "Auto" which sets it to full 1080p - 60hz. When I view anything on the AppleTV it takes up the full screen real estate. However, when I mirror almost anything other than a video, I get black bars around the edges. This is wasted space.

It makes sense if there were black bars on the right and left because of the mismatched resolution. However, there are bars at the top and bottom too.

I have searched numerous forums and found nothing on this.

I am using an iPad 2.

Any ideas?

Apple, please fix this issue.

iCloud-OTHER, iOS 5

Posted on May 25, 2012 6:09 AM

21 replies

Jul 26, 2012 3:58 AM in response to mikecreates

I suppose that airplay mirroring is not capable of full 1080p streaming! Apple does not say a word on that does it? It only says "airplay optimised"...

THAT SUOKS!!

vazandrew

Level 8

40,834 points

Aug 4, 2012 3:56 PM in response to bestco

The app has to be enabled by the developer for it to fill the screen. The iPad's display is 4:3 so simply mirroring things like the home screen will not fill a 16:9 display.

ayQue

Level 1

0 points

Nov 10, 2012 11:51 AM in response to vazandrew

Just wrote a feedback case as vazandrew meant.

Would be nice if everyone else who experiences the same issue would do the same.

s.zh

Level 1

4 points

Nov 16, 2013 1:57 AM in response to bryanmckelvey

this solved my issue with airplay extended desktop mode in Mavericks, thanks

Jan 3, 2014 1:24 PM in response to bryanmckelvey

Nice one, that fixed it for me too, thanks.

95bulls

Level 2

450 points

Jan 3, 2014 2:35 PM in response to Pinksteady

http://appletv2.com/remove-airplay-mirroring-black-border/

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Black bars when AirPlay Mirroring