Arranging Video Zoom in DVD Player

Hiya folks. Quick question for ya. Just got Tiger up and running yesterday (fantastic, by the way) and I noticed that although the DVD player has a "video zoom" feature, it appears that there is no way to readjust the screen once it is zoomed in. It just seems to zoom towards the center of the movie and that's it. Is there something I'm missing here? Are there any applescripts that you know of that would fix this problem. I just want to be able to readjust the picture once I zoom in. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Ben

You could use the Zoom feature in the "Seeing" pane of the "Universal Access" System Preferences. It shows the zoom keyboard shortcuts there, too.

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