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Black stripes around movie while playing DVD on MacBook Pro

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Szarik

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Hello,

MacBook Pro has 16:9 display so I assumed that if I will play DVD movie it will fill whole screen but it doesn't. I have black stripes on the top and bottom of the screen like I had on classic 4:3 display.

Can I in any way force built in system DVD palyer to display movie in full screen mode without these black stripes?
 
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Not that i know of. Im pretty sure you cannot.
 
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Szarik said:
Hello,

MacBook Pro has 16:9 display
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No it doesn't.

1440/900 (15" screen) = 1.6
1680/1050 (17" screen) = 1.6
16/9 = 1.778
 
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Have you tried another DVD player, like VLC media player or mplayer. I don't know if they are universal application yet.

I did not think it was true 16:9.
 
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The macbook and macbook pro screens are 16:10, hence the black bars. If you took the time to measure, you'd find that each bar is 1/20th the height of your screen, allowing a 16:9 picture to fit in the middle 9/10ths of the display.
 

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