Get rid of black bars on my ultra wide screen (21:9) - Fire TV General

Hi all.
I want to use my fire stick on my ultra wide screen monitor with an aspect ratio of 21:9. Unfortunately I get two massive black bars on the sides due to the resolution.
I'm looking for a way to change the resolution on the firestick - I don't mind tinkering with the firestick, perhaps I can do this with an app.
Would appreciate any advice.

You change it by holding certain buttons (sorry idk them off the top of my head) but no way that its gonna output in that resolution.

I ALSO HAVE BLACK BARS ON MY TV THROUGH BEELINK GT KING WITH ANDROID 9 IN TIVIMATE PREMIUM. I TRIED EVERYTHING I KNOW AND STILL BLACK BARS ON CERTAIN CHANNELS.
THE FUNNY THING MY BEELINK GT ULTIMATE WITH ANDROID 6 USING ASPECT RATIO FEATURE IN TIVIMATE WORKS BUT NOT IN ANDROID 9.
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS?

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Full screen when using HDMI

I hooked up my Transformer to my LCD TV. The TV is full 1080p.
I noticed that a sizable area around the edge of the display is clipped off. For example I cannot see the status bar on the TV, but it is still there on the transformer screen as well.
I was wondering is anyone else having this problem? or even better a solution?
Thanks
It does this because the display on the transformer is 1280x800, so it cuts the display down to 1280x720 (720P). This way it displays full screen on the tv what your trying to watch.
Is there anyway to have the transformer output to 1280x800? I also do not like how the output appears zoomed.
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first check so the TV shows 1:1 pixel ratio/full pixel and not "normal". My TV cuts of the hdmi signal somewhat, even with computers attached, call it overscan if you like, unless i choose "full pixel" (sonys name for it).
So try hunting in your settings on the TV. When i tried on my TV i didnt loose anything but the statusbar is not shown on tv, i guess thats not realy important as it is the video/app you want to see and they are not aware of the statusbar anyway.
Great!! Thanks a couple of things to try.
hmmm
I thought that hiding the bar was a feature!
I have this issue also. It not only cuts off the bottom bar but both sides are croped a little. I have tried the HDMI out on 3 different TV's and they all show the same croped effect. This is weird to me because my laptop displays 720p or 1080p perfectly on the same TV's Is there a fix for this?
Thanks

Any hope of the HDMI being fixed?

It works but those black bars on the sides plus the bar at the bottom just kill the experience. I really hope they give us different options. The Infinity did HDMI out perfectly (well, except for one thing, problems with fullscreen browser videos unless we used iPad user agent).

HDMI and TV

hello
i have a little problem
i connect my tegra with tv and im not getting full screen
i have two black lines on each side and the center is stretched to up and down..ill take a photo
blade_ said:
hello
i have a little problem
i connect my tegra with tv and im not getting full screen
i have two black lines on each side and the center is stretched to up and down..ill take a photo
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This has been discussed already. Have a search of this forum.
Basically it's due to the difference in aspect ratio between your TV and the tablet.
Under the original firmware, when using a video app like MX Player it was possible to zoom in on the tablet and this would allow the image on the TV to zoom to the point where the black bars on the disappeared. This no longer works on either the 4.3 or 4.4.2 firmware. If you use HDMI a lot and the bars bug you, you need to roll back to the 4.2 firmware. Bear in mind you will still get the black bars on the main GUI, but not in movie players that allow zooming.
thanks for your answer
i found this im not sure if working
http://www.modaco.com/topic/366783-hdmi-not-full-screen/ post #14
blade_ said:
thanks for your answer
i found this im not sure if working
http://www.modaco.com/topic/366783-hdmi-not-full-screen/ post #14
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Good find. For my part I decided to take another route. I now use a wireless dongle and the free companion app by EZCast to stream movies to my TV which works quite well now - when streaming in EZCast mode (basically WiFi direct) there are no bars on the left and right. The screen can be turned off to save battery. You can also minimise the app while you're streaming a film to allow you to open the IMDB app for those vital 'what has she been in before' arguments with your partner . The dongle was about £30 from Amazon. It also features EZMirror which, um, mirrors the whole tablet's screen to the TV but then you're back to having bars left and right, and there's too much latency for gaming. Also, when using EZMirror, there is a pronounced slow down in the tablet whereas when using an HDMI cable there is no performance penalty at all. It's a shame that Nvidia aren't taking advantage of the latter as devices that output images to a TV via an MHL port/adapter experience a considerable performance hit as the device has to work so much harder. Another negative factor here is that the Note doesn't seem able to take a charge when connected to a USB hub via an OTG cable which also limits the usefulness of the tablet as a media device connected to a TV or monitor.
To return to the original problem, my TV has an option in the settings menu to either 'just scan' or to display 16:9. The latter removes a big chunk of the bars on the left and of the screen, but it also hides part of the top and bottom of the picture, which is OK on a movie, but less so when viewing the home screen etc.
Photo
Can you share us the photo?, I'm thinking on buying one and I want it to use for playing videos on my TV.
ricarroyo88 said:
Can you share us the photo?, I'm thinking on buying one and I want it to use for playing videos on my TV.
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Do you mean EZCast information?
If so, there's lots of info on YouTube that will explain/show you how it works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6_U44XUdJ0. Search for videos by EZCast themslelves - they have videos for various devices.
Bear in mind that there are two basic modes, EZCast and EzMirror. EZMirror literally mirrors everything you see on your tablet's screen (which also leads to vertical black bars on the left and right of the picture on the TV screen, just like when you use HDMI due to the differing aspect ratio of the tablet and the TV).
EZCast presents a menu on the tablet screen and then allows you to select different types of media to stream to the TV. This works well for films because it will fill the TV screen. It's less useful for streamimg music to a TV at the moment because it will only stream one song file at a time, after which you have to select another song.
If you buy one, there are different hardware versions available. Mine has 128MB of RAM. I have a feeling that those on offer that have 256MB RAM and a faster CPU will provide better streaming performance.
Hope this helps
Ouzo said:
Do you mean EZCast information?
If so, there's lots of info on YouTube that will explain/show you how it works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6_U44XUdJ0. Search for videos by EZCast themslelves - they have videos for various devices.
Bear in mind that there are two basic modes, EZCast and EzMirror. EZMirror literally mirrors everything you see on your tablet's screen (which also leads to vertical black bars on the left and right of the picture on the TV screen, just like when you use HDMI due to the differing aspect ratio of the tablet and the TV).
EZCast presents a menu on the tablet screen and then allows you to select different types of media to stream to the TV. This works well for films because it will fill the TV screen. It's less useful for streamimg music to a TV at the moment because it will only stream one song file at a time, after which you have to select another song.
If you buy one, there are different hardware versions available. Mine has 128MB of RAM. I have a feeling that those on offer that have 256MB RAM and a faster CPU will provide better streaming performance.
Hope this helps
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Thanks, but I meant the vertical bands when displayed the HDMI Output on the TV
ricarroyo88 said:
Thanks, but I meant the vertical bands when displayed the HDMI Output on the TV
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Oops, sorry. The exact size of the bands on the left and right of the TV screen will depend upon what formats the TV supports. For example one of my TVs zooms in slightly by default cropping a bit of the top and bottom of the phone or tablet's screen off (meaning you lose most of the notification bar and some of the soft keys, or whatever is at the bottom of the picture). I have another TV that allows different settings such as 'just scan' that shows all of the phone or tablet's screen. The downside of this is that on a phone/tablet with a 1280x800 resolution you have vertical black bars about an inch wide on either side of the picture on a 32" TV. I'll try and get a photo...
Unfortunately the camera on my HTC Sensation is struggling to capture the problem tonight, but here's a closeup of the right hand side of my TV with the tablet set to full screen mode, and the TV picture settings to 'just scan'. I might try and get a fuller photo the daylight tomorrow.

1080p Screen Resolution Successfully?

Been searching around and can't find anything on how to change the screen resolution of the V20 to 1080p. Because of the second screen and all, it just gets all funky. Anybody know how?
There's no way to change resolution.
Well... I have root. Does that help?
You can change dpi per app in Android 7 right? This is essentially aame thing
Its built in, check battery options
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