Background behind player question?

[Katmandoo22]

I'm trying to play a movie, when I go full screen it gets a little too blurry for my taste, but I can go about 75% of screen and it looks good. The problem is I don't want anything else to show behind the movie. That is I want the whole screen to be black except for the movie. Does anyone know a way to get your background to be black? I don't even want the start bar to show at all. Thanks for any ideas.

[Cornucopia]

You actually didn't mention whether you were watching on a settop or computer, but from what you said, it's obvious that you're using a computer. So...

DO use the full screen mode, but
before doing so, reset your screen resolution to something smaller.
e.g.: 1024x768 --> 800x600, or 800x600 --> 640x480

Otherwise, you're going to have to find a different DVD-player application that specifically supports user-adjustable border/background.

Good luck,

Scott

[sacajaweeda]

Use Mediaplayer Classic in fullscreen mode then use the number keypad controls to zoom in and out to whatever size you want.

[andkiich]

Remove the desktop wallpaper and set the color to BLACK, move all your desktop icons to the middle of the screen and they will be blocked by the running application.

[Cornucopia]

sacajaweeda, your avatar is scaring me!