When I play a DVD in fullscreen, it isn’t really full screen.  I guess I expected it to be seeing as the TR is widescreen.  Is it b/c I am using WMP?  Is there any way to achieve full - widescreen?
Thanks.

[quote author=“senorswiss”]When I play a DVD in fullscreen, it isn’t really full screen.  I guess I expected it to be seeing as the TR is widescreen.  Is it b/c I am using WMP?  Is there any way to achieve full - widescreen?
Thanks.

Yes, ditch WMP and get CyberLink PowerDVD 5 or above. then make sure u have no borders checked in the Intel Extreme Graphics menu.

good luck!
jigs

Yeah, from the factory, my PowerDVD plays full widescreen.

Erik

Part of it could be due to WMP as it doesn’t always go full screen for whatever reason even when you force it to.

The other part is that it depends on how the movie was encoded. There are various aspect ratios used in widescreen movies and some fit better on 16:9 monitors than others. You’ll notice on the back of some DVDs they say 1.85:1 or 2.35:1. One of those fits better on the TR’s screen better than the other…the worst that will happen is that you may see very very small black bars on the top/bottom.

If you use “real” DVD software like WinDVD or PowerDVD you can typically adjust movies to fit on the screen entirely as they use various stretching/cropping tricks.

[quote author=“senorswiss”]When I play a DVD in fullscreen, it isn’t really full screen.  I guess I expected it to be seeing as the TR is widescreen.  Is it b/c I am using WMP?  Is there any way to achieve full - widescreen?
Thanks.

Assuming the DVD is anamorphic (16:9 enhanced) you’ll get much better results out of WinDVD.

On edit: God damn. If this was the old west, my boots would be sticking out of Boot Hill.

Awesome.  Thanks a lot for the quick replies, guys.

[quote author=“gr00vy0ne”]Part of it could be due to WMP as it doesn’t always go full screen for whatever reason even when you force it to.

The other part is that it depends on how the movie was encoded. There are various aspect ratios used in widescreen movies and some fit better on 16:9 monitors than others. You’ll notice on the back of some DVDs they say 1.85:1 or 2.35:1. One of those fits better on the TR’s screen better than the other…the worst that will happen is that you may see very very small black bars on the top/bottom.

If you use “real” DVD software like WinDVD or PowerDVD you can typically adjust movies to fit on the screen entirely as they use various stretching/cropping tricks.

groovyOne -u are such a friggin geek - luv ya - hey ya wanna meet up at that shrimp place, upstairs, on the main drag in mdray?  i’ll be visiting a hot blonde babe there next month on my yearly pilgramige to LA. I’ll also have my TR3 with me (and a new replacement TR1) and maybe if i buy u enough shrimp and beer u can do a bluetooth/wireless upgrade on one of them?  let me know!!!!
jiggy

[quote author=“jiggy”][quote author=“gr00vy0ne”]Part of it could be due to WMP as it doesn’t always go full screen for whatever reason even when you force it to.

The other part is that it depends on how the movie was encoded. There are various aspect ratios used in widescreen movies and some fit better on 16:9 monitors than others. You’ll notice on the back of some DVDs they say 1.85:1 or 2.35:1. One of those fits better on the TR’s screen better than the other…the worst that will happen is that you may see very very small black bars on the top/bottom.

If you use “real” DVD software like WinDVD or PowerDVD you can typically adjust movies to fit on the screen entirely as they use various stretching/cropping tricks.

groovyOne -u are such a friggin geek - luv ya - hey ya wanna meet up at that shrimp place, upstairs, on the main drag in mdray?  i’ll be visiting a hot blonde babe there next month on my yearly pilgramige to LA. I’ll also have my TR3 with me (and a new replacement TR1) and maybe if i buy u enough shrimp and beer u can do a bluetooth/wireless upgrade on one of them?  let me know!!!!
jiggy

What a suck up job, jigs!  I’m impressed.  You threw in all the majic words:

- blonde babe
- shrimp (my favorite)
- alcohol - not my taste, but….

I think he’ll fall for that!

yea the best shrimp place in LA is right next to his house…and well, cali is just full of blonde babes…  :drool: