It's not as if you're LOSING pixels or screen size watching video on a 4:3 tablet.
What? Of course you are. Have you never used Netflix on an iPad? Gigantic black bars above and below. I suppose you could grossly distort the image and vertically expand it, but no thanks.
Actually, 4:3 presents a BETTER viewing experience
Absolutely preposterous. So preposterous it merits no direct response.
If the black bars bother you then cover them with tape. You are not loosing anything because they are there - you are gaining height.
Just because the pixel exists doesn't mean you are required to use it.
Opinions like yours are apparently common, so what manufacturers do is remove those areas. You get less pixels, and like it better. Totally preposterous.
Taller screens are better - even when watching widescreen. The extra space is useful for playback controls, closed captions, etc.
You still don't say how you're LOSING pixels. If you had your way (a widescreen tablet) they'd simply chop off the extra pixels to change the aspect ratio. You gain NOTHING.
You also fail to say why putting controls, captions, and chapter indications in the empty space instead of OVER THE VIDEO IMAGE is "preposterous." How is having the video obscured with overlays BETTER?
In short: Your response fails utterly to support your claim.
What? Of course you are. Have you never used Netflix on an iPad? Gigantic black bars above and below. I suppose you could grossly distort the image and vertically expand it, but no thanks.
Actually, 4:3 presents a BETTER viewing experience
Absolutely preposterous. So preposterous it merits no direct response.