Hi, I have WMP 10 and a nice widescreen laptop. Why is it that when I watch
a nice widescreen movie in fullscreen the player leaves a thick black frame
around the entire image instead of fullscreening it?

I'm not sure what you mean, visually - have you right-clicked on the video
and selected "Full Screen"?

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"John L" <JohnL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I have WMP 10 and a nice widescreen laptop. Why is it that when I
> watch
> a nice widescreen movie in fullscreen the player leaves a thick black
> frame
> around the entire image instead of fullscreening it?

Same problem with me.
It is in full screen mode but sticks to a 4:3 format when it could have a
nice 16:9 format and fills up with a thick black bars instead



"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> I'm not sure what you mean, visually - have you right-clicked on the video
> and selected "Full Screen"?
>
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "John L" <JohnL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AF4EAE32-C18E-44D7-80DA-72E8B6FD4124@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I have WMP 10 and a nice widescreen laptop. Why is it that when I
> > watch
> > a nice widescreen movie in fullscreen the player leaves a thick black
> > frame
> > around the entire image instead of fullscreening it?
>
>
>

Are you using actually Full Screen mode (right-click on video, pick Full
Screen), or maximized player mode?

Do you have a sample clip I could look at that has this problem?

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"ceohotmail" <ceohotmail@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Same problem with me.
> It is in full screen mode but sticks to a 4:3 format when it could have a
> nice 16:9 format and fills up with a thick black bars instead
>
>
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean, visually - have you right-clicked on the
>> video
>> and selected "Full Screen"?
>>
>> --
>> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>>
>> "John L" <JohnL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AF4EAE32-C18E-44D7-80DA-72E8B6FD4124@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, I have WMP 10 and a nice widescreen laptop. Why is it that when I
>> > watch
>> > a nice widescreen movie in fullscreen the player leaves a thick black
>> > frame
>> > around the entire image instead of fullscreening it?
>>
>>
>>

I'm also having this problem. I have tried choosing the full screen mode and
etc, but as mentioned above, I can still see black bars around the picture. I
didn't have this problem until recently. I don't know why this is happening.
Any ideas?

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> Are you using actually Full Screen mode (right-click on video, pick Full
> Screen), or maximized player mode?
>
> Do you have a sample clip I could look at that has this problem?
>
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "ceohotmail" <ceohotmail@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A841A0B9-9E0D-4B35-9AC3-C7EF065B9079@microsoft.com...
> > Same problem with me.
> > It is in full screen mode but sticks to a 4:3 format when it could have a
> > nice 16:9 format and fills up with a thick black bars instead
> >
> >
> >
> > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I'm not sure what you mean, visually - have you right-clicked on the
> >> video
> >> and selected "Full Screen"?
> >>
> >> --
> >> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> --
> >>
> >> "John L" <JohnL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:AF4EAE32-C18E-44D7-80DA-72E8B6FD4124@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi, I have WMP 10 and a nice widescreen laptop. Why is it that when I
> >> > watch
> >> > a nice widescreen movie in fullscreen the player leaves a thick black
> >> > frame
> >> > around the entire image instead of fullscreening it?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>