As I wrote in caveat 2 of my post, you may be limited in size for it to fit the display. However, if you are up for trying to edit the skin again, you can change it.
1. Close MC.
2. Go to this file location: C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 19\Skins\Standard View\ (just use Program Files if you are on Windows 32-bit).
3. Copy the entire Windows Media Player 10 folder and save it to a temp location in case there are issues.
4. In C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 19\Skins\Standard View\Windows Media Player 10, Right Click on main.xml -> Edit.
5. Replace the entire <PLAYERBAR> to </PLAYERBAR> section with the code below (the Code brackets are not used; it is just used to post code in the forums).
<PLAYERBAR>
<Data AllowEnlargeForFont="1" />
<Entry Name="Display" Bitmap="PlayerBar_Display.png" Scale="2" Margins="5,5,5,5" >
<Data Style="1" />
<Colors TitleText="0E4279" StatusText="0E4279" />
</Entry>
<Entry Name="PositionSlider" Bitmap="PlayerBar_PositionSlider.png" Margins="20,30,30,0" DrawMode="REGION_E_HTILE" />
<Entry Name="PositionSliderFront" Bitmap="PlayerBar_PositionSliderFront.png" Margins="3,19,0,2" DrawMode="REGION_E_HSTRETCH" />
<Entry Name="PositionSliderThumb" Bitmap="Playerbar_PositionSliderThumb.png" NumberImages="4" />
<Entry Name="VolumeSlider" Bitmap="PlayerBar_VolumeSlider.png" />
<Entry Name="VolumeSliderFront" Bitmap="PlayerBar_VolumeSliderFront.png" Margins="0,9,0,0" DrawMode="REGION_E_HTILE" />
<Entry Name="VolumeSliderThumb" Bitmap="PlayerBar_VolumeSliderThumb.png" NumberImages="4" />
<Entry Name="PlayButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_PlayButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="StopButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_StopButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="PauseButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_PauseButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="NextButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_NextButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="PreviousButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_PrevButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="Search" Bitmap="Playerbar_Search.png" NumberImages="1" Margins="20,0,20,0" OffsetY="52" />
<Entry Name="MediaMode" Bitmap="" />
<Entry Name="ShuffleButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_ShButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="ShuffleOffButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_ShOffButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="ContinuousButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_ContButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="ContinuousOffButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_ContOffButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="DSPButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_DSPButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="MuteButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_MuteButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
<Entry Name="MuteOffButton" Bitmap="PlayerBar_MuteOffButton.png" NumberImages="3" />
</PLAYERBAR>
6. Save the new main.xml file. If permissions do not allow you to do so, save it to a temp location, and then move & replace it into the original folder.
When you reopen MC, you may need to change to a default skin (Noire) first, then back to Light Blue to see the PlayerBar_Display change shape.
If everything looks good, save a copy of your new Windows Media Player 10 folder to an external location. If you ever have to do an uninstall/reinstall, or upgrade to MC20 in the future, you can then just copy this folder into your \Skins\Standard View directory.