Can my Mac's DVD player ARC?

[comedine]

I have a few DVDs which have been created in 4:3, so the 16:9 image is annoyingly squished!

Is there any way of viewing the DVD is its proper ratio?

 

[Designer Dale]

You need to set the resolution of your monitor to something close to 16:9. The best I could come up with on the fly was either 2560x1600 or 1920x1080. My 23 in Samsung will go to 1920x1080. Go to the Monitor Control Panel in System Preferences.

Dale

 

[Makosuke]

Must've been created without the appropriate 16:9 flag set.

Use VLC to play the discs; it can do aspect ratio correction, and will play DVDs straight from the optical drive.