Posts by Jacks

Quote: Originally Posted by Wiz33 Why would you want to do that since everything looks tall and skinny? Movies are not shot in 16:9 (only HDTV programs). They are shot anywhere between 1.85:1 to 2.39:1 ratios which...

Quote: Originally Posted by Brummel I have an Aspire 1682WLMi and the dvd/cd rewriter failed. Acer sent me a new one and eventually, with help from some of these threads, managed to get the old one out and replace...

Quote: Originally Posted by BOFH1971 plus with my machine wearing out pretty quickly, keys becoming smooth and the finish wearing off the wristpads , left mouse on touchpad is flat. I think I will wait until end of...

I have found the answer thanks to sionyboy on notebookreview.com. Download Windows Media Player Classic http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...er_Classic.htm and you can scale your dvd or video file to the entire screen!

Quote: Originally Posted by Evaders99 While DVD widescreen is 16:9 ratio, the usual widescreen resolution is 1280x800. 16:9 = 1.77 width per height versus 1280x800 = 1.60 width per height DVD is slightly wider than...

I can only get a picture with black lines at the top and bottom. How do i watch a damn dvd in full screen on my Acer Aspire 5672 guys? Do i need a specific piece of software? Please can anyone help me?

Come on guys, someone must know how to remove it?

Please advise...

Quote: Originally Posted by Evaders99 No, I have no vibrations from the drive. Perhaps it is trying to look for a disc for some reason. (Though the slot loaded drive seems to be noiser when it is actually reading,...

Quote: Originally Posted by sionyboy Yes, I was using CDs the other day that only burnt at about 4x. my advice is update the firmware on your drive, or buy some better CDR media, when I started using other media I was...