Summary
Streaming services are great, but they have their disadvantages compared to offline and physical media.
This is what movies meant for the cinema, such as the modernDuneadaptation, are usually shot in.
Likewise, most good media player apps (e.g.
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At least not mainstream paid apps like Netflix or Amazon Prime Video.
Either way, there are lots of viable and valid reasons to have these options in these apps.
Cue up some episodes ofStar Trek: The Next Generationand you’re in for a good time.
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In other words, the black bars are built into the video!
Consequently, on my iPad I get both black barsandblack pillars!
Despite usually offering native 4:3 content, Netflix isn’t totally off the hook.
Consider the infamousSeinfeldepisodes that were cropped to widescreen natively, making some scenes nonsensical.
However, we shouldn’t need them.
Streaming services should provide these options as the bare minimum of any competent media player interface.
