Why does't video actually fit my screen?

[Testafy]

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.

Examples:

720p: https://imgur.com/x5qBYET
1080p: https://imgur.com/Glcps6K
2160p: https://imgur.com/GnrWKa9

No matter how high quality video I play, it always look and feel same to me.

[Lotesdelere]

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.

[Testafy]

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 pixels while a 2160p video has image resolution of 3840 × 2160. As I have shown in the screenshots, I played 720p, 1080p and 2160p (all of them), yet everything was shown to me in the same way. Doesn't this mean I already have a 1680x1050 video since the image resolution of these videos is far greater than the required minimum.

[Testafy]

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)

[Lotesdelere]

Your screen: 1680 / 1050 = 1.6

Common video resolutions:
1280 / 720 = 1.78
1920 / 1080 = 1.78
3840 / 2160 = 1.78

Your screen has a higher height than most videos, hence the black bars.

[Testafy]

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

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

1080p means progressive frames with 1080 scan lines.

VLC will of course not crop or distort by default. Most people don't want that.

You can press A or C to change the A/R or crop A/R.

[ligsy]

Have you tried clicking on 'Video' then unchecking 'Always Fit Window'? It will crop the sides off your video but you'll have no more black borders.