DVD Player Black Border all aound widescreen image....???

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DVD Player Black Border all aound widescreen image....???

I have a new 17" powerbook running Tiger...and have been playing some DVDs...and the DVD player now puts a 1 1/2" black border all around the widescreen image. This is new to me and I've tried all of the obvious preference options...and switching between different screen sizes (command-0, command-1 and command-2....) and no success.

Has anyone else had this same problem? Any solutions?

Thanks.

Posted on Nov 15, 2005 9:30 PM

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Answer 1

Luiz

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Nov 15, 2005 10:02 PM in response to Jim Charles1

This is not a problem, that's a specific configuration of some DVDs, it happens beucause some DVDs to fit in a 4:3 (fullscreen) TVs put the black borders on the top and botton. When you try to view these movies in a widescreen there will be black borders on the right and left because the format with the original top and botton border is 640 x480 (4:3).

To fix that you just have to select the Otion "Video Zoom" from the Apple DVD Player menu "Window":

There you can strech the movie the way you like to fill your widescreen.

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Jim Charles1 Author

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Nov 15, 2005 10:34 PM in response to Luiz

Thanks so much Luiz. The people I asked in the SF Apple store couldn't tell me...but you did...so I'm very appreciative of your help and this new discovery....the new features of the DVD player...they look very flexible and easy to use.

...Now, if only it had a scrub bar like QuickTime does, and most of the DVD players on the PC...then I could navigate quickly to any position of the film instead of choosing the closest chapter and fast forwarding or fast reversing.

Again, thanks for your kind info.

Jim

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Jim Charles1 Author

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Oct 3, 2006 6:12 PM in response to Jim Charles1

I would have marked this "solved" but there seemed to be no way for me to do this, despite the message suggesting that I do so.....

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