Posted by Not Dave on 10/18/05 06:06

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:36:26 +1300, Helpful Harry
<helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com> growled these words from under a
rock:

>In article <4b28l1te349t43m9ib7653n5bq2clvegcm@4ax.com>, Not Dave
><not@this.url> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:13:30 +1300, Helpful Harry
>> <helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com> growled these words from under a
>> rock:
>>
>> >In article <5sf6l1djnmcp2gsdcva8lk14pq177u3h87@4ax.com>, XP
>> >
>> ><xp@nospam.comn> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have just been reading that you have to buy Quicktime or pay $1.99 for
>> >> each
>> >> movie or Video..
>> >
>> >TV episodes (and music videos?) are being sold on Apple's iTunes web
>> >store at $2 to $3 each. These can then be played on the computer or
>> >transferred to the iPod Video.
>> >
>> >You don't "have to buy QuickTime" at all. You can download QuickTime
>> >for free (if you own a Mac it's already installed, but you may need to
>> >download the new QuickTime 7) and the only reason you'd pay for a
>> >QuickTime Pro regisitration code is if you want to play moves
>> >full-screen size rather than in a window ... or if you're tired of the
>> >nagging pop-up window.
>>
>> What?!? Quicktime wont even show video in full screen?!?
>>
>> That's pretty crap. Typical Mac, I guess.
>
>It has absolutely nothing to do with "Mac".

It is the default video player bundled with the MacOS. It has
everything to do with the Mac.

Every other operating system on the planet comes with a video player
that can show fullscreen video.

>It's one of the limitations that Apple have decided to put into the
>free version of QuickTime. If you pay to upgrade it to the Pro version
>you get full-screen playback (among a few other things). This is no
>different to many other companies that have a limited "free" version
>and a pay-for "pro" version.

Show me one other video player that is *that* limited, especially one
that is bundled with an Operating System.

>There is of course other player software that will play the movies
>full-screen.

Or you could just get a decent computer that comes with a player that
is not totally crippled.

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