Moto Droid and youtube video resizing

[WestGaParrotHead]

I was in the Verizon store earlier today, trying to decide on a phone, whether it be a BB Storm 2 or Droid. as I'm leaning torward the droid, I have a few questions or concerns.. when Playing Youtube Videos, the Moto droid did not utilize full screen but only about 3/4 of it. While the HTC Eris, and BBS2 both utilized full screen for the video.. does the Moto not show full screen video or is it just on youtube. and is there a way to resize for fullscreen use?

[fatknuckle]

It depends on the encoded

Video s aspect ratio. If its encoded 4:3 then there are the black bars. Just like an HD display. The problem is there isn't a way to autoscale 4:3 videos
But I've always thought that looks strange anyway.
In fact properly encoded video is absolutely brilliant.

[WestGaParrotHead]

so why does the eris show the same video in fullscreen? every video I pulled up on the Moto droid, just used the center of the screen, with a 1/2" black bar all around the video, while the video controls stretched from end to end.. the eris also had a button on screen to resize, but by default showed in full screen.
I made sure I watched the exact same videos on each phone. as youtube is a one of the decision makers on which phone I end up buying

[Backnblack]

Screen Sizes are different.....

[WestGaParrotHead]

hmm... thats rather disconcerning, as I have a tendency to watch alot of youtube videos.. be kind of irritating to watch them scaled down.. esp, when the screen is so large.

[fatknuckle]

Look for HD content. A scaling feature would be a nice add. My feeling is that mobile video is still sorting itself out.
but on balance you can't beat the screen on the Droid.

[Backnblack]

hmm... thats rather disconcerning, as I have a tendency to watch alot of youtube videos.. be kind of irritating to watch them scaled down.. esp, when the screen is so large.

I guess your going to say it's a deal breaker.....

[droiddict]

Menu-->more-->Watch in High Quality

Makes it close to full screen for me.

[Martin030908]

Menu-->more-->Watch in High Quality

Makes it close to full screen for me.

And it makes for much much better clarity

[droidstarr]

Yeah, your should put it to run in high quality. It increase size, and quality. Plus, the screen will fill if the video is correctly in the 16:9 widescreen format. Sometimes, zooming in to the 4:3 format cuts off important detail on the video. :P even though the phone can't do that. It's just best if it doesn't do that though.