There isn't going to be a TV that fits all movies and removes all possible black bars EVER.
If you care about the content you are watching in the slightest you would hate with passion foolscreen versions of movies that were not intended to be seen that way. Or butchered 16:9 (1.78:1) versions from movies that were intended to be seen in another aspect ratio (like 1.33:1 or 2.35:1).
This happened with Seinfeld (TV show), and... surprise, the broadcasted widescreen version suffered from this:
Watch the video and you'll get my point.
What you are saying is EXACTLY the same as prefering the dubbed track instead, or a colorized version if the movie was shot in black and white. No matter how appealing these can be they will NEVER replace the original. All these alternate versions are a travesty (this is perhaps the best term I can use to describe them).
In the past there were many articles about aspect ratios, when DVDs were new, now I can't find them... These are a good start, though:
http://monroeworld.com/dvd/screens.php
http://www.dvdactive.com/editorial/...ained-part-one.html?action=quote&post_id=1058
All movies made before 1953 were not in widescreen, instead they were using the 1.37:1 "academy ratio", so they fit perfectly in the iPAD (4:3) screen. Like the many TV productions shot until the last decades. But even TV shows that were released in DVDs in fullscreen or broadcasted that way have received Blu-ray versions restored in the OAR, like The X-Files.
And even if the iPAD was using 16:9 (1.78:1) there are MANY movies with different ARs like 1.66:1, 2.00:1, 2.20:1, 2.35:1 or 2.76:1 (Ben-Hur is the most famous)... The first widescreen movie (The Robe, 1953) used 2.55:1.
If the movie isn't in the same AR as the TV or tablet then black bars will be there. The "solution" to remove them is losing parts of the picture.
In the 1950's the movies were beginning to be shot in Widescreen because cinemas were losing audience to TVs. Widescreen movies were largely introduced in reaction to the popularity of television, in an attempt to give viewers something they couldn't get at home.
Preserving the image as the director wanted you to see allows you to mantain important aspects of the story. Beautiful shots would be lost if the aspect ratio is incorrect, by cropping or stretching the content.
Sometimes the same film will actually employ different aspect ratios, often for effect. "Oz the Great and Powerful" switched from black-and-white 4x3 to color 2.35:1 after the protagonist moved to Oz, for example, and "Life of Pi" was a 16x9 film that included two changes, once during the flying fish scene and another in homage to the cover of the book. And for some films presented in IMAX, like "The Dark Knight" and "Tron: Legacy," only certain portions were shot in the 1.44:1 IMAX format.
More examples can be found here:
https://tadleckman.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/shapeshifiting-films/
