Take the tour ×  There is something I don't understand. I have a
macbook pro 15' retina display.  The information says it has a
2880 x 1800 display but when I open a 1080p video it covers the
whole screen. How come?  share|improve this question What
program are you using to play the video? –  robmathers Dec 6 '12
at 23:01 @robmathers: VLC –  Macarse Dec 6 '12 at 23:02 add
comment  2 Answers  up vote 1 down vote accepted  This was
probably done so that videos, especially those that are lower
resolution than 1080p, don't look absurdly small. If you want to
play your video at the native resolution on your screen, (and
you've selected "best for retina" as your display resolution),
you could always tell VLC to play it back at half the size.
share|improve this answer add comment  Make sure that you're
using an up-to-date version of VLC. Retina support was only
introduced in version 2.0.2. If you're running a prior version,
it may end up pixel-doubled.  If you do have an up-to-date
version, make sure that the video