Can't zoom photos on Apple TV

Greetings,
I've just purchased Apple TV (last generation, 1080p), but I have quite a problem with it - I am unable to properly "mirror" photos from my iPad or iPhone (iPad 2, iPhone 4S). I am trying to zooming in and out (via pinch-to-zoom or via double-tapping), but on Apple TV, the picture is still the same. I don't understand; mirroring should.. well.. mirror everything I do, and zooming the photos seems as a no-brainer. I am not sure if it's just terribly lacking feature or a problem with my particular setup.
Thanks in advance,
Johny

But they bother other people who don't want to see their 16:9 photos with black bars on all sides as tiny photos on a big screen. As I said it's one or the other you can't have both.
Well, it's not quite true, because 4:3 picture on 16:9 screen is not "tiny" (at least height is the same, just black bars on sides) - but at the same time, Apple TV "switch" to "full-screen" influence the picture nonetheless, because photos are 4:3 (not 16:9), so instead of black bars it just crops top and bottom..
But of course, I'd have nothing against this behavior if I had the choice like you mentioned (As I said it's one or the other you can't have both). For instance a switch between "mirroring" or "forced full screen". But as far as I know, it's not possible to have it one way or the other, just the other..
Rudegar: Yep, I've sent them the feedback and contacted the support as well. I just wanted to make sure if it is really a "proper behavior" or just a problem with my device. Sadly, it seem to be "feature".

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