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I was my local ASUS reseller the other day checking out the full range in person for the first time. I am a definite v6 buyer as of tomorrow (getting 2). I was noticing that W2 was playing Finding Nemo. Nice screen, rather big laptop (i rather my technology to be small). But one thing that did stand was that Nemo was playing in about 2/3 of the 17" screens capacity... almost as big as a 15" would be. Why is this?

I was told by asus previously that DVD is limited in its resolution, and that with the coming HDVD (high definition dvd) the max resolution for dvd's will increase significantly. Whats the go with this? Can Justin from ProPortable possibly answer this?

Thanks

Nick

 

I don't know... when I tested my W2 I was watching "2fast 2furious" and it was full screen width with black bars about 3/4"-1" at the top and bottom..... I'm not sure if that's what you mean...... but dvd movies at 16:9 ratio.... all widescreen laptops at 16:10 ....... as 16:9 is actually too wide a ratio to use office apps and stuff effectively........ but it's not like having 3-4" bars at the top and bottom.

Is that what you were talking about or was it shrunk the whole way around? If that was the case, it was the software settings they made because that's not normal.

 

Ah ok. Yeah, it was like 1" at the top and bottom and like 1.5-2" at the sides.

It was interesting, as most programs should fix that by default. It was AsusDVD

 

I know with power dvd you can fool with some settings so it fills the screen but you dont have the same look ie it will enlarge the picture but you lose the edges etc (all sorts of things you can do).

I watch movies on my dell 2405 which is a 24" widscreen lcd.

 

It depends on what format you want it in... it's not a matter of tricking it... depending on the settings you could zoom so you don't have the bars at the top and you'll lose a tid bit of picture to the sides, but it's a LOT less on a 16:10 ratio than a 4:3.... obviously......

It looks like they weren't running the dvd full screen and unless there was a really good reason for it, the people running that place just don't know what they're doing.... but under normal conditions, that would be something they set up that way, but you can run a dvd anyway you want... including full screen.

 

It has nothing to do with it being 16:9 or 16:10. It's the aspect ratio the movie was shot in.. On a 16:9 display, if it was shot (by the director) in 1:78, it'll fill your widescreen. All broadcast HDTV is shot 1:78..If it was shot in 2:35 (common and most likely the case with yours) you'd still have small bars on top & bottom. If it were a 4:3 screen and a 2:25 shot flick, you'd get big bars. It's the way the director intended it (2:35).

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