Current Events > It is 2025, why are black bars on screens still a thing?

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AlBundy33 06/07/25 5:16:40 PM #1:	Surely the technology exists to make media fit whatever screen its displayed on without sacrificing video quality --- Shoe Salesman. Four Touchdowns, one game. This post may contain my opinion. My opinions may be offensive, deal with it <cite>AlBundy33 posted [p:985348785] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>Surely the technology exists to make media fit whatever screen its displayed on without sacrificing video quality</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hinakuluiau 06/07/25 5:18:23 PM #2:	The camera used has a different aspect ratio than what your TV has. --- There are some things where I just bypass critical thinking. - ROD <cite>Hinakuluiau posted [p:985348807] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>The camera used has a different aspect ratio than what your TV has. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 06/07/25 5:36:20 PM #3:	Hinakuluiau posted... The camera used has a different aspect ratio than what your TV has. This. To fit the full size of the TV, the footage would need to either be stretched out, or have the tops and bottoms of the footage cropped; neither of which are ideal. --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:985349050] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>Hinakuluiau posted... </cite><quote>The camera used has a different aspect ratio than what your TV has.</quote>This.To fit the full size of the TV, the footage would need to either be stretched out, or have the tops and bottoms of the footage cropped; neither of which are ideal.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krojen 06/07/25 5:50:08 PM #4:	This wasnt a problem in 2015 when literally everything was 16:9. Those were the days. --- http://i.imgur.com/hI4hAMb.jpg <cite>Krojen posted [p:985349191] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>This wasnt a problem in 2015 when literally everything was 16:9. Those were the days. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Derwood 06/07/25 5:50:54 PM #6:	Krojen posted... This wasnt a problem in 2015 when literally everything was 16:9. Those were the days. Not movies --- My alt is my new main <cite>Derwood posted [p:985349202] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>Krojen posted... </cite><quote>This wasnt a problem in 2015 when literally everything was 16:9. Those were the days.</quote>Not movies</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krojen 06/07/25 5:58:41 PM #7:	Derwood posted... Not movies Yeah but at least everything made on smartphones was. So YouTube and your own gallery looked great on a TV. --- http://i.imgur.com/hI4hAMb.jpg <cite>Krojen posted [p:985349281] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>Derwood posted... </cite><quote>Not movies</quote>Yeah but at least everything made on smartphones was. So YouTube and your own gallery looked great on a TV. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 06/07/25 5:59:15 PM #8:	AlBundy33 posted... Surely the technology exists to make media fit whatever screen its displayed on without sacrificing video quality No, it doesnt, and it wont ever. --- John Wick is a man of focus. . . commitment. . . and sheer ducking will. He once killed three men in a bar . . . with a pencil. <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:985349290] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>AlBundy33 posted... </cite><quote>Surely the technology exists to make media fit whatever screen its displayed on without sacrificing video quality</quote>No, it doesnt, and it wont ever.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Derwood 06/07/25 5:59:52 PM #9:	Krojen posted... Yeah but at least everything made on smartphones was. So YouTube and your own gallery looked great on a TV. Not when people shoot vertically --- My alt is my new main <cite>Derwood posted [p:985349298] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>Krojen posted... </cite><quote>Yeah but at least everything made on smartphones was. So YouTube and your own gallery looked great on a TV.</quote>Not when people shoot vertically</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krojen 06/07/25 6:03:39 PM #10:	Derwood posted... Not when people shoot vertically Its still a 16:9 camera sensor on 16:9 displays. So no bars on vertically held phones and if you flip your TV vertically lol --- http://i.imgur.com/hI4hAMb.jpg <cite>Krojen posted [p:985349363] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>Derwood posted... </cite><quote>Not when people shoot vertically</quote>Its still a 16:9 camera sensor on 16:9 displays. So no bars on vertically held phones and if you flip your TV vertically lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumble 06/07/25 6:59:15 PM #11:	AlBundy33 posted... Surely the technology exists to make media fit whatever screen its displayed on without sacrificing video quality Yes, it does. It's called cropping. Or, theoretically, "reverse cropping" where you get AI to fill in the area where the black bars would be. Aside from those, the only option would be to have a screen that physically resizes itself to the aspect ratio of the content it's displaying. --- (2025-02-24) Not changing my sig until I feel like it. <cite>Trumble posted [p:985349990] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>AlBundy33 posted... </cite><quote>Surely the technology exists to make media fit whatever screen its displayed on without sacrificing video quality</quote>Yes, it does. It's called cropping.Or, theoretically, "reverse cropping" where you get AI to fill in the area where the black bars would be.Aside from those, the only option would be to have a screen that physically resizes itself to the aspect ratio of the content it's displaying.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ar0ge 06/07/25 7:12:52 PM #12:	Because wide screen is way better. Please don't take my black bars away. <cite>Ar0ge posted [p:985350220] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>Because wide screen is way better. Please don't take my black bars away. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thronedfire2 06/07/25 7:20:50 PM #13:	the black bars are the technology that allows that unless you want every person to be 50% wider --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:985350337] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>the black bars are the technology that allows thatunless you want every person to be 50% wider</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Derwood 06/07/25 7:59:48 PM #14:	But some old movies are shot in 4:3 (like Wizard of Oz) --- My alt is my new main <cite>Derwood posted [p:985350858] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>But some old movies are shot in 4:3 (like Wizard of Oz)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RasterGraphic 06/07/25 8:04:33 PM #15:	Letterbox/pillarbox are objectively superior to cropping or stretching. --- "Well, thanks to the Internet, I'm now bored with sex." - Philip J. Fry <cite>RasterGraphic posted [p:985350927] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>Letterbox/pillarbox are objectively superior to cropping or stretching.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 06/07/25 9:20:00 PM #16:	Its 2025, why is ignorance about black bars on screens still a thing? --- Life's what you make it, so let's make it rock <cite>rexcrk posted [p:985352073] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>Its 2025, why is ignorance about black bars on screens still a thing?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TentacleDemon 06/07/25 9:23:40 PM #17:	Black bars are much better than weirdly stretched images or perfectly stretched images with the edges cropped off --- I wish I had walked in here and you were taking a dump on the couch, or doing homework. Anything would be better than that. <cite>TentacleDemon posted [p:985352151] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>Black bars are much better than weirdly stretched images or perfectly stretched images with the edges cropped off </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Derwood 06/07/25 9:24:07 PM #18:	TentacleDemon posted... Black bars are much better than weirdly stretched images. Or blurred out video --- My alt is my new main <cite>Derwood posted [p:985352161] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>TentacleDemon posted... </cite><quote>Black bars are much better than weirdly stretched images.</quote>Or blurred out video</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGoldenEel 06/07/25 9:30:42 PM #19:	AlBundy33 posted... Surely the technology exists to make media fit whatever screen its displayed on without sacrificing video quality That technology is black bars --- BLACK LIVES MATTER Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/ <cite>TheGoldenEel posted [p:985352269] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>AlBundy33 posted... </cite><quote>Surely the technology exists to make media fit whatever screen its displayed on without sacrificing video quality</quote>That technology is black bars</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FL81 06/07/25 11:06:37 PM #20:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)# --- https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif https://i.imgur.com/8mWCvA4.gif <cite>FL81 posted [p:985353545] in It is 2025... [t:80995015]...</cite> <quote>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)#</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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