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My name is David Evans, I live out in CT. I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and also carry a few certifcations on Windows Vista Media Center/Home Server. I started with Media Center back in 2004, as a way to not have to pay the cable company for a DVR. It turned into a hobby and a passion of mine.

I run a small business building them and supporting them, as well as one of the top posters on TGB. I started this site to start blogging tips and tricks for Media Center, as well as being a 3rd party site run on my own guidelines.

16:9 Media Center on your desktop

by DavidinCT 29. December 2009 20:55

I’m not sure about everyone else but, I watch Media Center on my Office machine and have a dedicated Home Theater PC. On my office machine, I tend to watch more HD content than SD (isn’t QAM awsome?) but, when you select Media Center from the start menu, it will open the 4:3 screen.

Just right click on the Media Center icon on the start menu, go to properties and add the /widescreen to the end of the “target” like below then hit OK.

widescreen

Now when ever you select Media Center from the start menu, it will open in a 16:9 window. So all your HD content will have no more bars on the top and the bottom. Only problem is you’ll have to zoom for 4:3/SD content(or you get the black bars on the side). There are a lot more switches for MC but, this is one of my favorites for my Office machine.

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