The stage for a 16:9 backdrop is min(480px, 60vh) instead of 560/72vh,
with the content's top padding at 48px, so the episodes or cast row gains
~80px in a 1200×800 window. A title with only a poster (the common case
on real Xtream and Stalker playlists) gets a compact hero sized by its
content over the blurred poster. The layout is decided once per title: a
backdrop that TMDB enrichment adds a moment later fills the compact hero
instead of growing it under the cursor.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>