diff --git a/app/components/tvone-promo-strip.tsx b/app/components/tvone-promo-strip.tsx
index 9decd94..98ba49e 100644
--- a/app/components/tvone-promo-strip.tsx
+++ b/app/components/tvone-promo-strip.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 "use client";
 
 import Image from "next/image";
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
 
 import type { SliderPhoto } from "@/lib/slider-photos";
 
@@ -14,10 +15,47 @@ function PromoStripSingleSlide({
   photos: SliderPhoto[];
   activeIndex: number;
 }) {
+  const [ratioBySrc, setRatioBySrc] = useState<Record<string, number>>({});
+  const lastKnownRatioRef = useRef(16 / 9);
+
+  const active = photos[activeIndex];
+  const activeRatio = active ? ratioBySrc[active.src] : undefined;
+
+  const displayRatio =
+    activeRatio != null && activeRatio > 0 ? activeRatio : photos.length > 0 ? lastKnownRatioRef.current : undefined;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (activeRatio != null && activeRatio > 0) {
+      lastKnownRatioRef.current = activeRatio;
+    }
+  }, [activeRatio]);
+
+  const containerStyle = useMemo((): CSSProperties => {
+    if (photos.length === 0) {
+      return { minHeight: "10rem" };
+    }
+    if (displayRatio != null) {
+      return { aspectRatio: displayRatio };
+    }
+    return { minHeight: "10rem" };
+  }, [photos.length, displayRatio]);
+
+  const handleImageLoad = useCallback((src: string, naturalWidth: number, naturalHeight: number) => {
+    if (naturalHeight <= 0) return;
+    setRatioBySrc((prev) => {
+      const next = naturalWidth / naturalHeight;
+      if (prev[src] === next) return prev;
+      return { ...prev, [src]: next };
+    });
+  }, []);
+
   const n = photos.length;
 
   return (
-    <div className="relative min-h-[140px] w-full sm:min-h-[168px] md:min-h-[190px] lg:min-h-[210px]">
+    <div
+      className="relative w-full bg-neutral-100 dark:bg-neutral-900"
+      style={containerStyle}
+    >
       {n > 0 ? (
         photos.map((photo, i) => (
           <Image
@@ -25,11 +63,13 @@ function PromoStripSingleSlide({
             src={photo.src}
             alt={photo.alt}
             fill
+            priority={i === 0}
             className={`object-cover object-center transition-opacity duration-[900ms] ease-in-out ${
               i === activeIndex ? "z-[1] opacity-100" : "pointer-events-none z-0 opacity-0"
             }`}
             sizes="100vw"
             aria-hidden={i !== activeIndex}
+            onLoad={(e) => handleImageLoad(photo.src, e.currentTarget.naturalWidth, e.currentTarget.naturalHeight)}
           />
         ))
       ) : (
@@ -79,7 +119,7 @@ function useSliderPhotos(): { photos: SliderPhoto[]; loading: boolean } {
   return { photos, loading };
 }
 
-/** Slider: one image at a time from `public/slider` (see `lib/slider-photos.ts`). */
+/** Slider: one image at a time; container height follows each image aspect ratio (no fixed empty band). */
 export function TvonePromoStrip() {
   const { photos, loading } = useSliderPhotos();
   const [index, setIndex] = useState(0);
@@ -122,7 +162,7 @@ export function TvonePromoStrip() {
         {current ? current.alt : loading ? "A carregar" : "Sem imagens"}
       </span>
 
-      <div className="relative flex min-h-[140px] w-full flex-col sm:min-h-[168px] md:min-h-[190px] lg:min-h-[210px]">
+      <div className="relative w-full">
         <PromoStripSingleSlide photos={photos} activeIndex={index} />
       </div>
     </div>