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Zenak · 02-28-05, 02:49 PM

I use Auto GK as well, and prefer it over fairuse and DVD2PPC.

In answer to the last two questions: Only a fullscreen movie will fill your screen, since the aspect ratio of the PDA when held sideways is exactly the same as a normal TV. (My Axim is 3"x2.25" and 3/2.25 = 4/3 = 1.33333...) Widesreen movies are 1.85 or 2.35, so you will have bars like you do on a non widescreen TV when watching WS movies.

As for the processing ofwidescreen movies AutoGK leaves them in the ratio they were in, just clipping the bars at the top and bottom to save space. It really is a very automtic process, and I have found the results to be of amazing quality, not only on my PDA, but also on my Philips DVP642 DVD player.

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Zenak Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 60 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I use Auto GK as well, and prefer it over fairuse and DVD2PPC. In answer to the last two questions: Only a fullscreen movie will fill your screen, since the aspect ratio of the PDA when held sideways is exactly the same as a normal TV. (My Axim is 3"x2.25" and 3/2.25 = 4/3 = 1.33333...) Widesreen movies are 1.85 or 2.35, so you will have bars like you do on a non widescreen TV when watching WS movies. As for the processing ofwidescreen movies AutoGK leaves them in the ratio they were in, just clipping the bars at the top and bottom to save space. It really is a very automtic process, and I have found the results to be of amazing quality, not only on my PDA, but also on my Philips DVP642 DVD player.