ONLY SMALL IMAGE - in OS DVD PLAYER WINDOW

Hi
WHEN I USE THE OS dvd player sometimes it only is playing the
dvd back as a small window with a big black boarder .
If i check this by playing the dvd on my stand-alone dvd player/tv this does not happen.
Could someone explain how i can change this re- occuring situation when playing dvds on my mac, so i can watch the film at full window pane size ?
Thanks for your time.
didier

didier:
I don't do much with DVDs on my mac, however I just popped one in and played with the controls. I find that Command + 3 gives a large image. Command + 0 toggles between full screen and smaller screen (as in View menu.
Failing that my next guess will be to try the Preferences. Go to Home > Library > Preferences. Locate com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist and drag it to the desktop for now. Restart your computer. It will create a new preference file. Try your DVD and see how it works. If it is OK, go ahead and trash the preference on the desktop.
Post back with your progress.
Good luck.
cornelius
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