DVD Player Black Border all aound widescreen image....???

I have a new 17" powerbook running Tiger...and have been playing some DVDs...and the DVD player now puts a 1 1/2" black border all around the widescreen image. This is new to me and I've tried all of the obvious preference options...and switching between different screen sizes (command-0, command-1 and command-2....) and no success.
Has anyone else had this same problem? Any solutions?
Thanks.

This is not a problem, that's a specific configuration of some DVDs, it happens beucause some DVDs to fit in a 4:3 (fullscreen) TVs put the black borders on the top and botton. When you try to view these movies in a widescreen there will be black borders on the right and left because the format with the original top and botton border is 640 x480 (4:3).
To fix that you just have to select the Otion "Video Zoom" from the Apple DVD Player menu "Window":
There you can strech the movie the way you like to fill your widescreen.

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