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

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Old 04-14-2008   #1
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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.
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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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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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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.

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

Great tip, thanks Raymudke.
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