Can you watch in Portrait mode in SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone? Is there a setting someplace?

I'm used to watching videos on my old cell phone in a tiny area, in Portrait mode. Can you do that with SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone? Sometimes I get sentimental about my old cell phone.

Sorry about the sentimental value, but no. SlingPlayer takes full advantage of the big crisp screens on the iPhone and iPod touch and displays your videos in the largest possible area. It can only be viewed in Landscape mode.

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Why doesn't the video fill the screen while maintaining the correct proportions?
Standard TV has a 4:3 aspect ratio. Wide screen TV has a 16:9 ratio. The iPhone screen has a 3:2 ratio. Confused by all of this techno talk? Here are some simple diagrams that show you what's going on.

When you try to stream, you see giant black bars on the left and right. The aspect ratio is all wrong. What's going on?
When this problem occurs, the video look may look squished. People are tall and skinny and the image may look compressed.

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