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Doesn't 1080p means height of 1080 pixels? With that case video is larger than my size (height) and should be cropped/reduced in size instead of showing black bars

I also would like to say that horizontally, my screen is filled up but black borders only show up vertically (top and bottom of video)

To fill up your screen you need a 1680x1050 video :) Any other size will obviously have black borders. Your screen resolution has a 1.6 aspect ratio while most movies have a 1.78 or 2.35 aspect ratio. So correct me if I am wrong, a 1080p video indicates it has an image resolution of 1920×1080 pixel...

Hi guys, I have 1680x1050 resolution, GTX 760 graphic card, using Windows 10 but no matter which video I open, it never actually fits my screen. I tried 1080p videos, as well as 2160p, both show me same size and it feels no difference. I always have huge black borders in any full screened video. Exa...