I don't know what your screen resolution is, but I didn't see any need to
put Media Player into full-screen mode. Letting it run in a smaller window
(the size chosen by Media Player when it started), I got nice resolution for
the movie still. In that mode, the on-screen controls disappear about a
second after you move the mouse away from the window.

I guess you could try both methods and see whether the final result looks
any different.

Phil

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EDIT: Hit Alt-Enter to put Windows Media Player into full-screen mode.
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