running dvd's at 16:10

Tom|Nbk · 12 May 2006 at 15:36

i have a 20.1 Dell 2005fpw and im wanting to run dvds full screen size with nothing chopped off etc, is it possible, thanks for any help

pyro · 12 May 2006 at 15:57

I guess your monitor is widescreen? You can crop the edges and play it full screen,.I think there is such an option on klite media player, touch window from outside or something along the lines.

Energize · 12 May 2006 at 16:18

Tom|Nbk said:
with nothing chopped off

pyro said:
You can crop the edges and play it full screen.

Theres an option in vlc media player to strech the image.

pyro · 12 May 2006 at 16:33

Well yeah but then the image would be messed up, you would see heads tha resemble rugby balls

Energize · 12 May 2006 at 16:51

Not with such a small difference in ratio between 16:9 and 16:10. It would be like that if it was 2.35:1 but I would be assuming that no one would want to run it like that.

Tomsk · 12 May 2006 at 17:14

If it's a good DVD you shouldn't notice the black borders.

Energize · 12 May 2006 at 21:30

Black borders are very annoying if the casing isnt black.

PinkPig · 12 May 2006 at 22:32

Software like Mplayer classic has a "stretch to screen" option. Obviously you'll only want to do that if the difference in aspect ratios is very small. Some would say you'd never want to do it at all. The cropping from 16:9 to 16:10 isn't much, so that's another option if the stretching is too noticeable.

Clarkey · 13 May 2006 at 17:00

dvd's usually come in 1.85:1, if you stretched it to 16:10 it would look horribly distorted.

Energize · 13 May 2006 at 20:18

Clarkey said:
dvd's usually come in 1.85:1, if you stretched it to 16:10 it would look horribly distorted.

Hardly, 1.78:1 and 1.85:1 to 1.6:1 isnt a massive difference, for me 16:9 stretched to 4:3 is watchable.

squiffy · 13 May 2006 at 20:45

Tom|Nbk said:
i have a 20.1 Dell 2005fpw and im wanting to run dvds full screen size with nothing chopped off etc, is it possible, thanks for any help

No if you stretch a widescreen film to be "full screen" you will cut off some left and right sides. A widescreen film will mostly have borders on the top and bottom (ie if 2:35) don't stretch it. The difference between 16:9 and 16:10 is not obvious to notice slight geometry shape.

Energize · 13 May 2006 at 20:58

squiffy said:
No if you stretch a widescreen film to be "full screen" you will cut off some left and right sides. A widescreen film will mostly have borders on the top and bottom (ie if 2:35) don't stretch it. The difference between 16:9 and 16:10 is not obvious to notice slight geometry shape.

If you stretch to full screen you dont lose any of the picture, your thinking of cropping.