Mac AppleTV+ app: Is there a way to fill the screen/remove letterboxing?

[The Cockney Rebel]

As per the title?

I don't mind losing the perspective/if the picture stretches.

Thanks in advance.

 

[mallbritton]

On your ATV open Settings > Video and Audio and set Tap-to-Zoom Videos to ON. When you are watching something that is letterboxed double tap (don't press) the scroll pad on the remote. This may not work in every app.

EDIT: I did a quick test and this does not work in Netflix and Disney+. So, zooming the video like that probably only works when you are watching through the TV app.

 

[The Cockney Rebel]

On your ATV open Settings > Video and Audio and set Tap-to-Zoom Videos to ON. When you are watching something that is letterboxed double tap (don't press) the scroll pad on the remote. This may not work in every app.

EDIT: I did a quick test and this does not work in Netflix and Disney+. So, zooming the video like that probably only works when you are watching through the TV app.

Thank you for you reply.

However, I'm trying to do this in the Mac app, not the Apple TV set-top box.

 

[mallbritton]

Oops! So you are. I also use the Mac app and I do not believe there is a way to zoom video like on the TV version of the app.

 

[Boyd01]

However, I'm trying to do this in the Mac app, not the Apple TV set-top box.

Apple has created so much confusion here. In fact, what you are talking about is the "TV App" and AppleTV+ is one of several "tabs" within the TV App. Since there's an icon of an Apple, it's natural to assume it is called the "Apple TV App". But it isn't! They really should have come up with a better naming scheme for all these apps, services and devices.