Vista - Videos are smaller in new computer with higher resolution

I have a new computer that has a higher resolution than my last one. The same
videos that I played in the old computer are smaller on the screen than they
were on the other computer. I have changed the settings in WMP in the View
menu under video size and tried to change to 200% but some videos are still
too small. I know that I can go to full screen but I was wondering if there
was a way to go to a higher seting than 200% without going all the way to
full screen since full screen makes some videos too grainy.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Click and drag the lower right corner to resize the playback window.

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"tonybeo" <tonybeo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a new computer that has a higher resolution than my last one. The same
> videos that I played in the old computer are smaller on the screen than they
> were on the other computer. I have changed the settings in WMP in the View
> menu under video size and tried to change to 200% but some videos are still
> too small. I know that I can go to full screen but I was wondering if there
> was a way to go to a higher seting than 200% without going all the way to
> full screen since full screen makes some videos too grainy.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 09:40:16 -0700, tonybeo
<tonybeo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a new computer that has a higher resolution than my last one. The same
>videos that I played in the old computer are smaller on the screen than they
>were on the other computer. I have changed the settings in WMP in the View
>menu under video size and tried to change to 200% but some videos are still
>too small. I know that I can go to full screen but I was wondering if there
>was a way to go to a higher seting than 200% without going all the way to
>full screen since full screen makes some videos too grainy.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
That's how it is suppose to be. The higher you make screen resolution
the less size any object takes up on screen. That does not mean the
quality is lower, however some software doesn't do a very good job
when you stretch a window much beyond 150% of the content's actual
size.

Perhaps you would prefer a smarter viewer that lets you resize the
area the movie takes up on your screen in tiny steps by just dragging
a corner of the window it appears in then stop dragging when the
window is large enough to meet your tastes.

One such viewer is GOM Player. Just grab a corner of the window then
while holding down your left mouse until the cursor turns into a
double headed arrow then pull it out on an angle until the size of the
window grows proportionally. Besides that this viewer has many
optional controls that improve the enjoyment of videos. To access the
controls click on the upper left where it says GOM.

Best of all it is free and works fine under Vista.

Windows Media Player DOES allow grabbing the lower right corner and dragging to
resize it's playback window.

But, the GOM Player is indeed an excellent video player.

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"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 09:40:16 -0700, tonybeo
> <tonybeo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I have a new computer that has a higher resolution than my last one. The same
>>videos that I played in the old computer are smaller on the screen than they
>>were on the other computer. I have changed the settings in WMP in the View
>>menu under video size and tried to change to 200% but some videos are still
>>too small. I know that I can go to full screen but I was wondering if there
>>was a way to go to a higher seting than 200% without going all the way to
>>full screen since full screen makes some videos too grainy.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
> That's how it is suppose to be. The higher you make screen resolution
> the less size any object takes up on screen. That does not mean the
> quality is lower, however some software doesn't do a very good job
> when you stretch a window much beyond 150% of the content's actual
> size.
>
> Perhaps you would prefer a smarter viewer that lets you resize the
> area the movie takes up on your screen in tiny steps by just dragging
> a corner of the window it appears in then stop dragging when the
> window is large enough to meet your tastes.
>
> One such viewer is GOM Player. Just grab a corner of the window then
> while holding down your left mouse until the cursor turns into a
> double headed arrow then pull it out on an angle until the size of the
> window grows proportionally. Besides that this viewer has many
> optional controls that improve the enjoyment of videos. To access the
> controls click on the upper left where it says GOM.
>
> Best of all it is free and works fine under Vista.
>