Does WinDVD8 gold or Plat allow full screen pic ?

[DBenz]

Hi, I have been running WinDVD4 on WinXP SP1 with ATA HDs fine, never any problems, but since rebuilding with SATA hard drives and SP2 from the ground up, I find occasionally WinDVD 4 locks up the PC. I like 4 simply because I can have full screen like a TV with player hidden behind, so enjoying the movie with no clutter ! You can bring the player console to the front whenever required. Also I use a lot the screen capture ability. That can fail if trying it on a frame by frame search, I reckon it likes keyframes and its ojk if its done on the fly. Before risking the latest version I wish to find out if these are still possible, I hope so, movie to the edges is surely what cinema experience is all about. Hate distracting stuff on my screen. Like to maximise my viewing experience.

A reviewer said he wasnt sure if player console was undockable, he thought it had been removed in version 8I guess he means move it away from the screen portion. I dont even want any metallic etc edges, just movie filling my monitor. Whats the most recent version that will give me what 4 gave, and where can I download it from ?

DBenz

[Krispy Kritter]

I don't have an answer, but most players that I've used remove (or have options to remove) the player controls when viewing in full screen.

[Kayembee]

I've used WINDVD 8 Gold, and it can use your whole screen (like a TV
set), and hide its controls.

[DBenz]

Kayembee, thanks so much, I can go get it, trying to get a previous version is damn near impossible as all roads lead to version 8 !
end of PC HD getting corrupted I hope, so odd that a prog that was rock stable before, (ok I had the occasional freeze up) but it didnt cause a blue screny and a reboot loop. $130 index in file23871 was fixed by chechdisk then all ok again....phew.

Cheers.
DBenz