Hey all;
Being an anime fansub fan, I very frequently play video out from my MacBook to my (and friends') TV(s) via the mini-DVI to video adaptor, mostly using VLC. I have mirroring off and the MacBook's screen set to 1280x800 resolution. The problem is that when I hook up to a widescreen TV, I get a centered image that looks about 4:3 with big black bars on the sides. This is especially annoying when I'm playing a widescreen/letterboxed video off my Mac, because it puts black bars at the top and bottom of that 4:3 screen, leaving me with something that's essentially letterboxed on all four sides, and which only takes up maybe 50% of the TV's screen area. I've tried looking everywhere I can think of - Displays Preferences, VLC preferences, everywhere - for someway I can tell my MacBook that what it's sending video out to is a widescreen device with a different aspect ratio than a standard TV or monitor.
So can anyone think of what I can do to quit losing valuable screen real estate when doing video out to a widescreen TV? I mean, I should at least be able to do an aspect ratio equal to my MacBook's screen, right?