Streaming video on 24' Imac

Just received my 24'refurb Imac and it's great The only thing is I like to watch TV shows offered in streaming video on the internet but they're not formated for a 24' screen. When I watch full screen the result is truly bad. Is there a way to simulate a smaller screen size on the 24' Imac so that the streaming video format can coincide?
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I tried the CBC web site. For some reason, the site itself rendered horribly using Safari. Using FireFox, it look fine. Anyways, the videos I watched there were not too low res and looked OK at full screen, as long as I backed up to TV viewing distance (not computer using distance).
You can change the resolution of the overall screen, but that does not change the size of the +full screen+. However, if pick a resolution that is NOT widescreen, such as 1600x1200 (not stretched) if that one is available, you will have black pillars on the left and right. Then, the +full screen+ will be somewhat smaller.
I can't think of any other way to do it, if the web site does not offer higher res or a way to resize the video (other than going to full screen).

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