Why are the video clips small on my computer screen? Why do the video clips not look as good in full screen mode?
If you play back the video clips at “normal”, or 100%, size on your computer, they may seem small compared to the overall size of your computer screen. Also, if you play the clips in full screen mode, or otherwise stretch the video clips to larger sizes, the video won’t look so good. This is because of several factors. First, most computers these days have much higher resolution screens that your standard television set, and many computer screens are still higher resolution than even High Definition (HD) television sets. The “standard” resolution for regular DVDs in North America is 720×480. About the smallest computer screen resolution you’ll find these days is 800×600, but even those are hard to find on modern machines or monitors. A more common screen size these days is at least 1024×768. So, even standard DVDs don’t fill up the entire computer screen when shown at their normal resolution. When stretched to bigger computer screen sizes, even the best DVD video can start showing the
