So there was some ranting by journalists that when you play video in landscape mode, it shows the notch as it fills the entire pixels of the display. This is however not the case
https://twitter.com/BenBajarin/status/908772648489967621
Apple responded to Ben Bajarin to confirm that the default setting is that video plays to the same rectangular size of iPhone 8 Plus and only fills up the entire display if you double tap to zoom in the display.
https://twitter.com/BenBajarin/status/908772648489967621
Apple responded to Ben Bajarin to confirm that the default setting is that video plays to the same rectangular size of iPhone 8 Plus and only fills up the entire display if you double tap to zoom in the display.