Picture Zoom DVD Software

Nolf-JobNolf-Job Inside each and every one of you!
edited August 2003 in Science & Tech
Does anyone know of any DVD software that supports picture zoom (I think that's what it's called). I know some commercial dvd players have the ability if you're watching a widescreen movie you can have the player zoom in and fill a standard tv screen. Just wondering if I could do this on my computer.

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  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited August 2003
    Out of curiosity, why would you want to do that? If you're going to zoom in, chopping the left and right end of the picture, you are:

    A. Not watching the movie the way it was ment to be seen.
    B. Going to miss everything on the left and right of the screen.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    pRono. plain and simple :)

    I used to use CyberLink PowerDVD and it allowed for some good zooming, as good as it gets at least. I think it would do up to 8x zoom or 16x but it doesn't matter since at that res. you can't tell what your looking at :P

    But the whole aspect ratio thing wouldn't work as far as I know. I forget what AR widescreen is(I think 16:9?), but I know that normal TV stuff is 4:3, so I can't really say much :P

    But IMHO, going from Widescreen to normal is not going to work, otherwise it would be much easier to do.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited August 2003
    pRono. plain and simple

    Well I hope so. People who whine about not "filling up the whole screen" because it's being viewed in widescreen (forgetting the fact that you're seeing much, much more) just make me want to beat someone with a bat...
  • AuthorityActionAuthorityAction Missouri Member
    edited August 2003
    TheSmJ said
    Well I hope so. People who whine about not "filling up the whole screen" because it's being viewed in widescreen (forgetting the fact that you're seeing much, much more) just make me want to beat someone with a bat...

    My sister does that and I can't stand it.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    but I know that normal TV stuff is 4:3

    That is simply legacy - TVs have evolved since the 30's (yes, the first laboratory TVs were invented then) without much regard for ergonomics. Square TV is nearly tantamount to a flat spoon.

    Your vision is approximately 140 degrees from left to right when looking straight forward - the exact projection of 'wide screen'. The only case I can see for wanting to fill the screen would be if the screen is very small.
  • Nolf-JobNolf-Job Inside each and every one of you!
    edited August 2003
    Leonardo is correct. I have an 18" monitor and sometimes I watch dvd's in my room from my couch, but the couch is a little ways away from the monitor so the picture can appear small. I just thought that for some movies it would be nice to have a full screen picture when watching it on my monitor. I prefer widescreen versions of movies, but am hoping someone might know of a program that can do what I want.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited August 2003
    Well the full screen versions of movies ( like ones on VHS) are edited in such a way that you dont miss important things going on to the left and right of the picture.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    It's the visual equivalent to listening to a dynamic rock band (like Rush) or a symphany orchestra on cheap speakers - you miss the high and low frequencies and suble timbre. It's simply a matter of taste and what you can tolerate. I am so picky with music that I don't even have a stereo now. It's either the best, or none at all. I won't even listen to classical music in my truck, because the system will only pick up about 50% of what should be there.

    If it's a small screen though, you might prefer square format. Who cares if you miss 50 degrees of viewing if the letterbox format makes the main characters too small to recognize!
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