BetterTheatre

With this extension you can enjoy a full size theatre mode on youtube.

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BetterTheatre is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your YouTube viewing experience by enabling a full-size theatre mode. With this extension, you can maximize your screen space while watching YouTube videos, allowing for a more immersive and comfortable viewing. It's simple to use and perfect for users who want to enjoy videos without distractions on a larger display area.

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By:: Paolo Basso
Users:: 795
Rating:: 4.44

(34)
Version:: 1.11.0 Last updated: 2023-09-05
Creation date:: 2018-10-14
Risk:: Low risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Size:: 18.82KB
Email:: ba*****@gmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 17 hours ago

Ranking

# 31,818 ▲ 1,670

Other rankings

#186 in Accessibility ▼ 4

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BetterTheatre (v1.11.0)

92 5.00

(8)

User reviews

Users praise BetterTheatre for effectively enlarging YouTube videos in theater mode, offering a simple and reliable alternative to YouTube's default. It fills most of the browser screen, improving viewing experience and standing out among similar extensions. However, multiple reviews mention issues like the extension requiring updates to match changes in YouTube's UI, occasional cessation of functionality, overlapping UI elements, and incomplete control removal when entering fullscreen. Overall, it's highly valued but needs maintenance to keep up with YouTube's updates.

Pros

Works effectively to enlarge YouTube videos in theater mode.
Simple, lightweight, and functional with no unnecessary complexity.
Fills up most of the browser screen in cinema or theater mode as intended.
Reliable compared to many other similar extensions that fail to work.
Highly appreciated by users for addressing YouTube's default theater mode limitations.

Cons

Needs updates to accommodate the latest YouTube UI changes as UI elements sometimes overlap.
Stopped working suddenly for some users around mid-2023.
Does not completely remove some controls or video titles when entering fullscreen, causing visual distractions.
Some UI elements, such as top controls, reduce video width and prevent maximizing video size.
May confuse new users about its purpose and functionality.

Recent reviews

Issue with youtube video black screen

Vi*****, 2024-09-11

Tiny is great! Works well, but fails to cut off top controls, so video isn't as wide as it could be.

Jo*****, 2024-01-28

Perfect

PA*****, 2023-12-17

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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BetterTheatre requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

BetterTheatre has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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