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Old 04-14-2008   #1 (permalink)


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How to chnange the aspect ratio of the Media Center window - Useful tip!!!

You cannot find this trick on MS Help and support but may like it.

You can toggle between 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio (normal and wide screen)
in Windows Media Center the following way:

Keep the Ctrl key pressed on your keyboard.
Drag any edge (side and not the corner!) of the Media center window and move the
mouse until the aspect ratio changes.
enjoy

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Old 04-17-2008   #2 (permalink)


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Re: How to chnange the aspect ratio of the Media Center window - Useful tip!!!

It's these little things that make it worthwhile - and enable you to reduce your slightly-less-clued-up friends to a state of humbled stupefaction :0
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Old 05-03-2008   #3 (permalink)


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Re: How to chnange the aspect ratio of the Media Center window - Useful tip!!!

Uhh! Can any body tell me what An aspect ratio is?
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Old 05-04-2008   #4 (permalink)


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Re: How to chnange the aspect ratio of the Media Center window - Useful tip!!!

Hello clkarn,

Welcome to the forums.

The aspect ratio is the width/height of the monitor. 4/3 (800x600 etc.) for regular monitors and 16/9 for widescreen monitors. When video or pics are produced at one aspect ratio and viewed at another they can look very odd. This is why viewing a widescreen movie on a 4/3 tv or monitor shows a blank area top and bottom of the screen.

Gary
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Old 05-09-2008   #5 (permalink)


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Re: How to chnange the aspect ratio of the Media Center window - Useful tip!!!

whenever i start windows media player, it's not showing the cursor, I dont know why? can anybody help me in this matter...????
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Old 05-10-2008   #6 (permalink)


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Re: How to chnange the aspect ratio of the Media Center window - Useful tip!!!

Great tip, thanks Raymudke.
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Old 06-21-2009   #7 (permalink)


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Re: How to chnange the aspect ratio of the Media Center window - Useful tip!!!

Thanks for that handy tip.

I was tearing my hair out trying to figure out why the aspect ratio of the Media Centre window had changed and why I couldn't see any settings to change/control it!
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