Remove Black Bars: Portrait & Landscape Mirroring
Seeing black bars when mirroring your screen? Whether you’re in portrait mode with bars on the sides, or landscape mode with bars on the top, bottom, or sides — don’t worry. Both can be fixed with a few simple adjustments in the 1001 TVs TV App.
For portrait mirroring, there’s a dedicated setting to eliminate side bars. (See how to set up vertical mirroring 👉Verticale schermspiegeling)
For landscape mirroring, there’s also a way to significantly reduce the black bars.
Follow the steps below to make your content truly full screen and fully immersive.
For Portrait Mirroring
Step 1. On your TV, open the 1001 TVs App and Go to “Instelling".

Step 2. Select “Portrait display mode”.

Step 3. Simply select the mode you prefer for displaying on your TV.

Tips About Portrait Display Modes
- Aanpassen aan scherm
Expands the content to fully fill your vertical TV. Once enabled, you’ll see a completely different result in your next mirroring session. - Fill Screen
Keeps the original aspect ratio. Black bars may still appear on the sides depending on your device. - Stretch to Fill
Fills one side while maintaining correct proportions.
Check the side-by-side comparison below (Stretch to Fill mode shown):

Wanneer is deze functie nuttig?
Deze instelling is perfect voor:
- Winkels met verticale digital signage
- Thuisgebruikers creëren een verticaal sfeerscherm
- Leraren tonen verticaal lesmateriaal
- Verticale foto's of video's in staande modus weergeven
- TikTok/YouTube-sorts op volledig scherm afspelen
- Opstellingen voor studio, galerie of kunsttentoonstelling
For Landscape Mirroring
Step 1. On your TV, open the 1001 TVs App and Go to “Instelling”.

Step 2. Enable “Fill Mode”.

After enabling this option, use the up/down buttons on your TV remote to cycle through the available scaling modes: 1×, 2×, 3×, and Fit to Screen.
- 1× / 2× / 3×
zoom in at fixed increments - Aanpassen aan scherm
automatically scales the content to fill the entire TV display

Now you can sit back and enjoy your content — full screen, no black bars, fully immersive.
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