front row on old thompson 42" plasma

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front row on old thompson 42" plasma

I've atteched my new Intel Mac Mini to my old 42" Plasma Thompson with only vga adapter, and I've got a problem.
With Front Row, when I start a dvd, the aspect ratio is not the right one and the movie is stretched! 😟
The same is with divx.
Maybe the problem is the resolution of the plasma?
Is there any possibility to modify the aspect ratio of the source I'm looking at?
Thanx in advance and sorry for my "desperate" English :P

MacMini, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Jun 25, 2006 7:26 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 25, 2006 12:03 PM in response to leo_trt

just a quick guess, with no insult intended whatsoever.

did you go to prefances.display and change the resoultion to that of your display?

just checking.

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Jun 25, 2006 3:33 PM in response to Benjamin Hou

LOL
no prob m8
I've tried also that before posting but since my plasma is an old one, there are only few res I can choose... and with any I choose, the problem is the same.
I can (maybe) understand with divx, but dvd has only one res. With my stand alone player I've no probs and the dvds are normally displayed on my plasma...
Only with my mac there are probs 😟
Btw, I had a pc before the mac and in "normal" use was the same thing (not nice res) but when I was watching movies, there weren't problems 😟

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Answer 3

Jun 25, 2006 5:04 PM in response to leo_trt

im clueless. other than that, i would guess the Plasma is weird. is there some setup/menu?
Just confirming--this did not happen on your pc or your dvd player right?

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Jun 26, 2006 9:24 AM in response to Benjamin Hou

mmm... my plasma is a little bit shi**y 😉
dunno if there is a setup, because with dvd player in pc and the stand alone player there were no probs 😟

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