why don't most dvd movies cover the whole screen?
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This is how films are recorded, they all are made this way and then modified to fit youir screen, but more commonly you will see less and less modification and anything less than high a def TV will be obsolete.  Sooner or later even all cable will be broadcasted this way and without a high def TV you will see the annoying black bars accross the screen. I hope this anwers your question
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That's kinda hard because an average movie is about 1GB. An average DVD disc can only hold about 4GB.
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I have a widescreen laptop that stretched photos and movies making everything look freaky! When I checked my display settings, they were set to 1024 x 768 instead of 1280 x 800. Once I changed the settings, everything was in proportion. Hope that helps!
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Try Nero...there's a downloadable trial version at http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/nero7-demo.php \nThe only limiting factor on putting multiple movies on a DVD is the total file size
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DVD or the regular movie theatre?\n\nLC
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Im confuse.in the era of dvd, why do u need 2 cd to fit a movie, if u can fit into one?
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It's not really a problem with either, some older players aren't compatible with DVD-R's, etc.  The player would say DVD-R, DVD-RW compatible on it.
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The difference is due to something called "aspect ratio".  Widescreen movies have a 16:9 aspect ratio, meaning that they are more rectangular than square in the shape of the screen ( the screen is wider than regular, hence the term "widescreen").  \n\nThe difference in the picture is that with widescreen, you see more on the edges of the picture.  For instance, if there were 100 trees in a shot, with full frame you might only see 70 of them because the edges are cut off a bit.  \n\nTo me, this makes a difference in the movie, but not so much that you would have a different understanding of the film.  Moving forward, I would say that you should buy your movies in 16:9 or widescreen format because more and more TV's are now in that format.
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This is Yahoo Answers, not Yahoo sermons, thanks. It's more likely you have the region settings for your dvd player wrong than that god has smote your laptop. A lot more likely... It's also possible that the DVD has copy protections and wont allow itself to play on a dvd rom, only a dvd player. You'd need some program to bypass the protections in that case.
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for dvd's i think there is a separate file for the subtitles that you can just remove (delete or turn off) because there are three main things playing at once : the audio, the movie video, and the subtitle right on top of that.  for movies that come in just one file... i dont think you can since the subs are merged right into the video.  this is done to remove need for a separate subtitle file. i think all you can do is clip the video so that the subs are just off the screen (or covered by the widescreen bars).  i know i know.. stop frowning. sorry thats all i got.
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http://www.cdcovers.cc/dvd_0.php\n\nYou can find most any DVD covers for free.
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Look into the configuration of your DVD player software. You may have to change it.
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You can extend your screen and make the TV out to be secondary (or primary) and play the DVD on that side of the screen. At the same time you can still run a program on the other screen and not interfere with the DVD. To extend the monitor, right click on your decktop, then properties, then settings and you will see monitor 1 and monitor 2. Click on 2 and then select Extend my desctop on this ....\n(the TV out has to be already connected to the tv at that time).
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You have to have software to convert them to set-top DVD playable format.  Regular packages like Nero 6 or 6 Vision can transform it, just by choosing "Burn a Video DVD" and importing whatever movie you need.
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the DVD decder probably got delted some how
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Dual Layered DVD can be recorded on both sides, therefore shrinking a DVD will not be necessary, a normal movie will not fit on a DVD without being compressed, as a dual dvd records, or is played back, it will play or record on one side, then start on the other side, does not need to be flipped
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Not much to go on here. \n\nIs the DVD scratched or dirty? If dirty use a mild nonabrasive cleaner with dry with a dry cloth, not anything made of paper. When cleaning and drying the DVD wipe from center (where the little hole is at) to the edge, not around in circles.\n\nIf your DVD is fine you might have a dirty laser lens inside the DVD rom itself. There are special CDs that can clean this. You can get them all most anywhere.