Ok so I've now got this nice 15.4" widescreen laptop and I figured lets see how movies look on it...only to find that I can't seem to get them to fill the screen as they're all letterboxed. I've maximized the window and told WMP to go full screen but it seems to be stuck thinking that i have a 4:3 aspect ration screen...any work arounds for this?
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DVD movies? I'd use something like PowerDVD instead of WMP for those.
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Yeah I agree use Power DVD etc but also, what video drivers do you have loaded?JasonComment
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This machine uses the new integrated Intel video card so its using the latest drivers from the Dell site. I have Power DVD and they play at full screen using that software so I think there has to be a setting somewhere in WMP to get past this issue.Comment
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Andrew, I'm not sure whazzup. I thought there was a setting in WMP for that, but I just checked and I can't find it. Mine automatically shows widescreen on my widescreen Dell.
CHRIS
Well, we're safe for now. Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley.
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Hmm which codec are you using Chris?Comment
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I'm running version 10.00.00.3646, which is the latest. Is that what you're asking? The WMP seems to interact with my Power DVD also, which I've updated to Version 6 Delux. (also the latest and greatest with DTS support, etc)
Mine has always run full screen with widescreen material, though, since I first got the laptop. CHRIS
Well, we're safe for now. Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley.
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I am having the same problem. So far it appears that there isn't any aspect ratio control on the player.Comment
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Gord Moore sent me this link that might help us.
Or maybe there's something in this app.
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So, recently, I've been having problems with WMP being excuciatingly slow ripping CD's - literally taking hours to do a 320kbps rip of a 40-minute cd. I don't believe I have added software which has created a conflict that causes this glacial pace, but, before I lose it and do a clean install of the... -
This has come up in other discussions here. This is actually something I learned about recently also, I think on information posted on Projector Central.
http://www.projectorcentral.com
The question is, does it matter if I buy a digital projector that has a native widescreen... -
I'll preface this rant upfront by saying that although I'm picking on Wal-Mart it applies equally to most of the big stores I've been into but since I'm at Wal-Mart everymorning I see it going on there more then anywhere else.
I have come to dread walking into wal-mart most mornings now... -
From what I been reading, it seems that 4:3 tvs are still in bigger demand than widescreen models.Why hasn't widescreen tv caught on ? I don't own one, I confess, but I have a dedicated HT with front projection, and any tv fare is usually watched elsewhere in my home.But it seems to me that widescreen... -
For those who were asking, here's a "hard" copy of the review. This PJ is one that I've been looking at for a while, and finding good stuff.
Sony VPL-HS10 Video Projector
Champagne Video On A Lemonade Budget
By Greg Rogers
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