MCE 2005: Wrong aspect ratio with DVD

[giovannichaenes]

Hi all

Using MS Windows Media Center 2005 with a 16:9 Plasma Screen (CpTec, connected via DVI) the aspect ratio ist bad while watching DVD's: There are black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. The movie seems to be in the 16:9 format as my Plasma Screen is.
Important: Watching pictures, Live TV, etc. the aspect ratio is ok. The problem exists only for DVD's!

Any ideas?

DVD Program: PowerDVD 6
Graphic Card: Sapphire Radeon 9600 SE (128MB DDR)

Thanks for any help!

 

[EricB]

somehow you probably didn't let power dvd know that you had a plasma tv. change the settings in options.

I don't use power dvd anymore. I use nvidia nv dvd so I can tweak setting to make the hardware of my video card look like a standalone dvd decoder (this is the absolution best viewing that you can get for a dvd). I have mce 2005

 

[giovannichaenes]

Thanks for the reply. I found out the solution in the meantime: There is an option in MCE 2005 where the Power DVD settings are accessible and the CLEV (if I remember correctly) feature can be activated: This stretches all videos to full size!