Topic: Some Games In 14:9 On My Tv? Any Idea? (Read 207 times)

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **on:** September 18, 2005, 04:29:00 AM »

QUOTE(moomin @ Sep 18 2005, 09:11 PM)

No idea what might be set to do this as games like dead or alive 3 look great and fill the screen.

moomin · « **Reply #1 on:** September 18, 2005, 06:04:00 AM »

this is happening in a few games

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 18, 2005, 06:41:00 AM »

try it with standard a/v on a different tv and see what happens

raydn · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2005, 08:40:00 AM »

The xdk should explain this - its all about using a 10x11 pixel aspect ratio

10x11 Pixel Aspect Ratio

This is a video mode attribute that may be specified in all video modes that are 640 pixels wide. Enabling the 10 × 11 pixel aspect ratio will increase the black space on the left and right sides of the screen ..... the aspect ratio is not 4:3 but is instead 4:3.3

Mr Ed · « **Reply #4 on:** September 19, 2005, 10:45:00 AM »

My guess is the game display is correct and you just need to manually change the display mode of your TV

It should be obvious if things look squished and are tall and skinny.

grimlock · « **Reply #5 on:** September 19, 2005, 11:42:00 AM »

A minor correction: it's 480p and not 420p

moomin · « **Reply #6 on:** September 19, 2005, 12:17:00 PM »

QUOTE(grimlock @ Sep 19 2005, 07:53 PM)

A minor correction: it's 480p and not 420p

moomin · « **Reply #7 on:** September 20, 2005, 02:56:00 PM »

Well on futher messing around, it seems like its only NTSC games. I have a PAL xbox, modded and converted to NTSC using the switching software. I then have a mix of PAL games and NTSC. The PAL Halo2 seems fine, nice and crisp visuals and fills all the screen, where as the latest Spliter cell has the black bars on the left and right.

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 20, 2005, 06:45:00 PM »

QUOTE(moomin @ Sep 21 2005, 08:07 AM)

Well on futher messing around, it seems like its only NTSC games.

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 21, 2005, 05:34:00 PM »

just to let you know, my copy of burnout revenge doesnt fill up the whole screen when using vga, but i think it does using just a standard tv.

moomin · « **Reply #10 on:** September 25, 2005, 03:52:00 AM »

Thanks for you your help. think im givin up and just playing it how it looks until teh 360 comes out. half games arte ok and fills screen, half dont. all do on normal tv, so it must be the HDTV and some games making full use of it. Halo and DOA ultimate are full screen and look great so thats ok.

Guess it makes me want a 360 more and make full use of this TV!

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 25, 2005, 06:35:00 PM »

QUOTE(moomin @ Sep 25 2005, 09:03 PM)

all do on normal tv, so it must be the HDTV and some games making full use of it.

Mr Ed · « **Reply #12 on:** September 26, 2005, 08:12:00 AM »

QUOTE(moomin @ Sep 25 2005, 04:03 AM)

Thanks for you your help. think im givin up and just playing it how it looks until teh 360 comes out. half games arte ok and fills screen, half dont. all do on normal tv, so it must be the HDTV and some games making full use of it. Halo and DOA ultimate are full screen and look great so thats ok.

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 26, 2005, 04:08:00 PM »

QUOTE(Mr Ed @ Sep 27 2005, 01:23 AM)

Uh, if they look fine on your other HDTV, than the problem is with your HDTV. Either it's not handling the signal correctly, it doesn't deal with PAL/NTSC correctly, or whatever, but if your games display fine on 1 HDTV and NOT on another, it's that HDTV's fault, not the XBOX.

Mr Ed · « **Reply #14 on:** September 27, 2005, 10:09:00 AM »

QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Sep 26 2005, 04:19 PM)

i think he means if you run it on a normal tv (not HDTV), they fill up the whole screen.

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