I was thinking with the much to die for Retina Display capable of playing Full HD videos I thought the optimum had been achieved as far as having a full HD screen was concerned but no, I was wrong and I am shocked and surprised that the out of the world Hyped iPad-3 still can’t do this. I am talking about playing FULL HD videos’s there is still gonna be those Black bars above and below a HD video while playing it in the iPad-3 because of the orientation of the iPad-3 which is 4:3 and most of the HD videos shot in 16:9 Orientationo. I am wondering why did they not consider this aspect while maing this out of the world screen, I mean c’mon Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, Asus Transformer Prime all have the 16:9 Orientation !! Could Apple have not done the same thing with the iPad-3 especially when they were doing it with a intention of taking a quantum leap over its competition.


I am shocked and saddened to know this. I was hoping so much to play all the HD videos at its full glory in the new iPad, But I don’t think that’s gonna be possible because of the iPad’s Orientation ? So films are either sandwiched by black bars or have to be cropped to fit which I hate !!

Nope In all likelyhood the one's that I mentioned Samsung Galaxy Tab and Asus Transformer Prime, they already have a 16:9 orientation so a movie shot in whatever orienatation (most of the Full HD videos use a 16:9 or 16:10 orientation at the most) definitely plays full screen and not with bars on top and below the video. It is tested.

And what was that majority view ? Not play HD videos full screen ?? I dont believe this !!

16:9 is for Tv. Most movies still Show Bars on such aTV.

And you can wach 1080p Movies in full of it's glory on a Retina Display.

The iPad can handle better Resolution than BlueRay

Consider this, HD video is 1920x1080 pixels. New Retina display is 2048x1536 pixels. A high def image actually would fit in a window on the new screen. The fact that there are black bars is irrelevant as to whether this is a high def image.

The aspect ratio of the screen hasn't been changed. Why would you think it would be any different?? The resolution has been greatly improved but that has nothing to do with the screens over all shape.

Yeah Apple isn't interested in 16:9 because that's not what people, in general, want/need from their tablets. You can best believe Apple has the most extensive focus groups in the world answer these types of questions. If it were a "need", Apple would change the screen size which is what would be needed for 16:9. The iPad screen is, by design, 4:3. Why would you have expected 16:9 implementation in a device that didn't change shape?

Unless Apple has drastically changed, they don't use focus groups:

Steve Jobs on why Apple doesn’t use focus groups*|*Edible Apple

The screen is what it is because Apple decided that it's best that way, and if that doesn't work for someone, there are always other tablet options to consider.

This makes me ask one another question to achieve a 16:9 would they have had to change the screen size like go from 9.7 Inch to 10+ or something ? Can 16:9 Orientation not be achieved in the present screen size of the iPad-3 ?

But just a quick thought !! Had that been the case Samsung which considers itself Apple's number 1 competition in Cellphones & Tablet Market would not have gone for it ?? If it was gonna cause their downfall especially when they wanna consolidate their position against Apple.

OK Looks like my request was closed in the other post that I made so putting it here again

Can any of you do this ? Transfer a FULL HD Video or Movie preferably a Blu-Ray Video/Movie and see how it plays on the iPad-3 and preferably also put a screenshot here or a video recording while the iPad-3 playing it. Without making any cropping to fit it into the size of iPad-3. Just transfer the video as it is, without any editing.

I still beliebe you havn' understand the technical Part of Full HD/BlueRay and what the iPad is capable of with the Retina Display?

With the New IPad you can watch Full HD Movies in Full HD Resolution and you will have Black Bars on Top and Down because of the better than HD Resolution AND 4:3 screen.